Grimstone Viaduct
in Dorset.
Grimstone Viaduct is a railway bridge on the Castle Cary - Weymouth line in Dorset.
The viaduct was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and was built as part of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway line, opened by the Great Western Railway in 1857. The central arch The road from Grimstone to Sydling St. Nicholas passes through the central RCH, and Sydling Water flows through one of the side arches.[1]
The foundation stone was laid on 27th August 1846 by Marcia Maria Sheridan, wife of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, MP, whose home was at nearby Frampton Court. The structure was originally to be called Frampton Viaduct. It was not until January 1857 that GWR broad gauge track passed through Stratton, when the line between Yeovil and Weymouth was opened. The station was called Frampton Station, until renamed Grimstone in July 1857, while in July 1858 it was renamed again, as Grimstone and Frampton.[2]