Wyre Forest District Council Local Heritage List

In February 2016 the Wyre Forest District Council (WFDC) published a proposed revised Local Heritage List for the Severn Valley Railway, identifying historic buildings and structures which are considered to be of value to the local historic environment although not protected by statutory designations (i.e. 'listed'). This was adopted on 9 May 2016. It includes many assets on the SVR within the WFDC area, which extends as far as the border with Shropshire, approximately one mile north of Arley. These are listed in the following table, with links to pages on this Wiki where more information may be found.

At a later date, further Heritage Lists were published for other areas within the Wyre Forest District, with those for Bewdley, Kidderminster and Stourport including present or former features of the Severn Valley Railway.

SVR Local Heritage List

WFDC Ref	WFDC Description	Comment / link	Image
SVR001	Coal yard offices early C20	Kidderminster Town station entrance
SVR002	Kidderminster Town Station Buildings. Victorian design based on Ross on Wye Station, constructed mid 1980's.	Kidderminster Town station
SVR003	Water Tower	Adjacent to Kidderminster signal box
SVR004	GWR pattern signal box constructed mid-1980's	Kidderminster signal box
SVR005	Brick platelayers hut early C20	Adjacent to Kidderminster signal box
SVR006	Brick goods shed C19	Kidderminster Railway Museum
SVR007*	Warehouse Late C19	Kidderminster Carriage Repair Works ("North Star Works")
SVR008*	Wrangaton Signal Box GWR pattern recently reconstructed	Wrangaton Signal Box
SVR009	SVR Bridge 1 Hoo Road. c.1878. Over bridge constructed in engineering brick with stone copings.	Hoo Road Bridge
SVR010*	SVR Bridge 2 Worcester Road. c.1878. Underbridge constructed in engineering brick with stone copings.	Worcester Road Bridge
SVR011*	SVR Bridge 3: Falling Sands Viaduct. c.1878. Brick viaduct with stone copings; railings extant 1894 now removed.	Falling Sands Viaduct
SVR012*	SVR Bridge 4. c.1878. Underbridge constructed in engineering brick with stone copings.	Underbridge off Lisle Avenue
SVR013*	SVR Bridge 5: Stourport Rd. c.1878. Over bridge constructed in engineering brick with stone copings and with benchmark feature on west parapet.	Stourport Road Bridge
SVR014*	SVR Bridge 6: Bewdley Tunnel. E.Portal. c.1878. Tunnel - stone portals and revetments, relined in blue brick 1910.	Bewdley Tunnel
SVR014A	SVR Bridge 6: Bewdley Tunnel. W. Portal. c.1878. Tunnel - stone portals and revetments, relined in blue brick 1910.	Bewdley Tunnel
SVR015	SVR Bridge 7: Devil's Spittleful. c.1878. Underbridge constructed in engineering brick with stone copings.	Devil's Spittleful (Rifle Range) Bridge
SVR016	Culvert. Rebuilt April 1916	Between Rifle Range Bridge and the Safari Park
SVR017	Culvert C20	Between Rifle Range Bridge and the Safari Park
SVR018*	SVR Bridge 9: Sandbourne Viaduct. c.1861. Sandstone viaduct.	Sandbourne Viaduct
SVR019	Bewdley South Signal Box. GWR Type 4 signal box.	Bewdley South signal box
SVR020*	Privy adjacent to Bewdley South Signal Box.	Bewdley South signal box
SVR021A	Tunnel. South Portal. c.1861. Tunnel - stone portals. Brick lined but some rock lining to N end. Modern brick revetment on E side.	Mount Pleasant Tunnel
SVR021*	Tunnel N. Portal. c.1861.Tunnel - stone portals. Brick lined but some rock lining to N end	Mount Pleasant Tunnel
SVR022*	Underbridge. c.1861. Stone and Brick Underbridge.	Stourport Branch
SVR023*	Occupation Underbridge. Stone. c.1861.	Stourport Branch
SVR024*	Goods Shed at Bewdley SVR Station. c.1861. Red brick construction to south-east of station. Parapet to walls, with Welsh slate gabled roof	Bewdley Down Yard
SVR025*	Bewdley Station Island Platform Canopy. Barrel Arch design; decorative dentil barge boards. Cast iron supporting pillars.	Bewdley Island platform canopy
SVR026*	Bewdley Station. Iron and timber bridge crossing rail tracks. Dual-pitched roof to canopy, covered in grey roofing felt. Decorative cast iron brackets to internal roof supports.	Bewdley Station Footbridge
SVR027*	Red brick railway station with rendered ground floor. Welsh slate to roof. Spur finials to gables. Simple barge boards. Stone projecting bay windows to ground floor. Stone surrounds to arch heads on station main building.	Bewdley
SVR027A	Large corrugated shed N of island platform	Bewdley
SVR028*	Signal Box. Constructed in timber and red brick with slate roofs. Simple external timber staircase. Spur finials to gables.	Bewdley North signal box
SVR029	Cast Iron Victorian Gents Urinal. Brought from Melrose, Scotland, 1977	Gent's urinal
SVR030*	SVR Bridge 12: Stone and Brick Underbridge	Accommodation bridge off Northwood Lane
SVR031*	Vermiculated stone retaining wall with access steps midway along length	Tenbury Wall
SVR032*	Random stone wall 1861; appears completely rebuilt recently.	Tenbury Wall
SVR033	SVR Culvert 96. C19. 50m N of MP 138¾
SVR034*	SVR Culvert 95: Large blue brick culvert 30" wide 39" high running under railway embankment
SVR035*	Pagoda Waiting Shelter	Northwood Halt
SVR036*	SVR Culvert 94 Brick/stone culvert 18"w x 30"h, brick h/wall east end
SVR037	SVR Culvert 91, south of aqueduct
SVR038*	SVR Culvert 86 18" (15"?) brick culvert. Brick headwall west end.
SVR039*	SVR Bridge 14: Stone overbridge 1861; brick arch; repaired 1915	Trimpley Private Road Bridge
SVR040*	SVR Culvert 81 Eymore Cutting. Victorian syphon culvert to carry stream across cutting - extremely unusual feature	Eymore Cutting
SVR041*	Original GWR land ownership boundary marker on footpath S of Victoria Bridge
SVR042*	Original GWR land ownership boundary marker on footpath N of Victoria Bridge
SVR043*	SVR Bridge 16: Fowler designed stone underbridge in near original condition	Accommodation bridge south of Arley
SVR044*	SVR Bridge 17: Stone overbridge 1861; brick arch; benchmark; repaired 1915.	Arley Station Bridge
SVR045*	Arley Station down platform waiting shelter. Brick shelter with timber canopy and monopitch roof.	Arley station buildings
SVR046*	Yellow brick railway station. 1861. Welsh slate to roof. Spur finials to gables. Simple barge boards. Stone projecting bay. Extra bedroom added 1901. windows to ground floor. Stone surrounds to arch heads on station main building.	Arley station
SVR047*	K6 telephone box - good listing potential as this is in Conservation Area	Arley Telephone Kiosk
SVR048*	Signal box. Moved from Yorton on the Shrewsbury to Crewe line. C1900.	Arley signal box
SVR049*	Historic timber post distant signal - AY UP Distant. c.1900	Arley signal box
SVR050*	SVR Bridge 18	Culvert north of County Boundary
SVR050A	Continuation of Bridge 18 discharges into river, under field - maybe not SVR

Since adoption, four further GWR boundary markers have come to light which are not yet included on the Local Heritage List.

WFDC Ref	Description	Comment / link	Image
N/A	GWR boundary marker on Lisle Avenue at the south west corner of Falling Sands Viaduct.	Falling Sands Viaduct
N/A	GWR boundary marker at the north west abutment of Victoria Bridge	Victoria Bridge
N/A	GWR boundary marker at Hoo Road Bridge	Hoo Road Bridge
N/A	GWR boundary marker at Sandbourne Viaduct	Sandbourne Viaduct

Other Local Heritage Lists

The following tables show selected assets on other WFDC Local Heritage Lists

Bewdley

Street or Road	Number or name	Description	Comment / link	Image
Station Road	SVR Station	Red brick railway station with rendered ground floor. Welsh slate to roof. Spur finials to gables. Simple barge boards. Stone projecting bay windows to ground floor. Stone surrounds to arch heads on station main building.	Bewdley station
Station Road	Signal Boxes	2 signal boxes, one at each end of station. Constructed in timber and red brick with slate roofs. Simple external timber staircase. Spur finials to gables.	South box North box
Station Road	Station Bridge	Iron and timber bridge crossing rail tracks. Dual-pitched roof to canopy, covered in grey roofing felt. Decorative cast iron brackets to internal roof supports.	Footbridge
Station Road	Goods shed	Red brick construction to south-east of station. Parapet to walls, with welsh slate gabled roof.	Goods shed
Station Road	Canopies	Simple canopies to platforms, constructed in barrel arch. Decorative dentil barge boards. Cast iron supporting pillars.	Platform canopy
Sandbourne Lane Wribbenhall	Viaduct	Viaduct to Severn Valley Road rail. Cyclopean rusticated sandstone piers. Brick voussoirs with cyclopean rusticated sandstone abutments. Sandstone string course above arches, and smooth rusticated blocks above to railway.	Sandbourne Viaduct

Kidderminster

Street or Road	Number or name	Description	Comment / link	Image
Station Approach	Kidderminster Railway Museum about 7m south-west of Severn Valley Railway Station	Railway museum for the Severn Valley Steam Railway.	Kidderminster Railway Museum
Station Approach	Warehouse about 110m south of Severn Valley Railway Station		Now used as the Carriage Repair Works
Station Approach	Severn Valley Railway Station	Railway Station. Circa. 1985, for the Severn Valley Steam Railway Company. Single storey. Red brick with grey slate roof. Decorative ironwork to apex. Included as an interesting modern reproduction and for group value.	Kidderminster Station

Stourport

Street or Road	Number or name	Description	Comment / link	Image
Burlish Crossing	Burlish Crossing Cottage	Originally the station building for Burlish Crossing Station. Now converted in to residential property. Sandstone footings, visible to side elevation. Red brick construction, now painted white, with black detailing, with blue slate roof. Date of building painted on to front elevation of building, indicates date of 1861, although this has been painted on recently. Restoration of building has included several original station details, including crossing gate and GWR notice plate.	Burlish Halt
Power Station Road	Rose Cottages	Two cottages, originally rail-workers cottages, adjacent to original railway line. Very plain architecturally, with blank wall to railway line, now pierced by a couple of small windows. Single storey lean-to to back elevation, much of which now converted to single storey extension. White painted red brick, with red plain clay tiles to gabled roof.
Summerfield Road	Subway under railway	Arched footway underneath railway line, with central ventilation shaft Constructed in red brick above entrance arch, with blue brick detailing to height of arch, including arch. Included for Group Value in relation to railway architecture.

Listed assets not included in the Local Heritage Lists

SVR structures which are ‘listed’ and therefore not included in the WFDC list are:

Victoria Bridge - listed Grade II* by Historic England for its special architectural or historic interest.

Wribbenhall Viaduct - listed Grade II by Historic England for its special architectural or historic interest.

Phone box at Bewdley - listed Grade II by Historic England for its special architectural or historic interest.

See also

• List of infrastructure
• Shropshire Historic Environment Record (Similar but less detailed listing for Shropshire)

Links

• Severn Valley Railway Local Heritage List "20160509 Adopted LHL for SVR"
• WFDC Local Heritage Lists

Severn Valley Railway

Great Western Railway

The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of 2000 bhp to 2999 bhp

Henry Fowler, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Midland Railway 1909-1923, and of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1923-1933