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Designed by [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] and constructed c.1840.  
Designed by [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] and constructed c.1840.  


By Brook formerly powered Box Mill, a corn mill. The bridge was built to carry the line and a footpath over the By Brook. The south face is impressively architectural for a structure of this scale, probably due to its position in the landscape as visible from the village across green open space. Unusually for a railway bridge, this face is unaltered. The more plain north (Up) elevation has had some alterations.   
By Brook formerly powered Box Mill, a corn mill. The bridge was built to carry the line and a footpath over the By Brook. The more prominent south face has an impressive appearance for such a modest structure.  
 
Grade II listed. Historic England listing and map [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1473562 here].   




Latest revision as of 14:29, 22 October 2021

A small bridge or culvert over the By (or Box) Brook, 225m east of the East Portal of Middlehill Tunnel and 250m to the south-west of Box Mill, Box, Wiltshire.

Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and constructed c.1840.

By Brook formerly powered Box Mill, a corn mill. The bridge was built to carry the line and a footpath over the By Brook. The more prominent south face has an impressive appearance for such a modest structure.

Grade II listed. Historic England listing and map here.


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