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West Road, RADSTOCK, BA3 2TP

The footbridge just visible to the left of shot replaced the old railway bridge some time ago, but certain railway apparatus seems to have been retained near to its original location.

There are two former chapels on this site; to the left is a modern extension at the rear of a neo-gothic baptist chapel facing West Road, which is listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1115225 , with the date given unequivocally as 1839. This neo-classical facade, which also has a quatrefoil, faces Millard's Hill and has a tablet inscribed "Primitive Methodist Chapel AD 1858", is not listed. (Both have been converted into flats, known as Millard's Court.) https://docplayer.net/85018444-Midsomer-norton-and-welton-conservation-area-character-appraisal.html describes this as "built of squared coursed white lias limestone rubble with oolitic limestone dressings and semi-circular headed windows and central door". But it gives a date of 1935 for the listed building next door. I think, however, that must be the date of the extension.

The foot of the hill in steady rain. By the time it has reached the junction with Station Road and West Road (the A382) behind the white end terrace it has crossed into Image

The footbridge over Station Road is a modern affair that carries the National Cycle Route 24 and pedestrians. But not so long ago it was a much more substantial structure that saw steam and diesel trains since the founding of the Bristol and North Somerset Railway in 1873. The line was absorbed into the Great Western Railway later on and continued to serve many of the local coal fields until 1964. Much of the western embankment has been lost and with it a projecting bracket. See Image] for a view from the bridge.

Former Welton Bibby & Baron paper bag site in Station Road.

The old wall of the former GWR line bridge at Station Road has been kept but the new working to turn it into a cyclepath is a simple concrete mass.

Looking westwards over what was the old railway line. See Image] for a location view.

A bus stop shelter, close to some trees and showing the many lichens able to survive in difficult places.

The old railway line has been gone for many years now, but the major part of the eastern side of the bridge in Station Road remains to remind travellers of its past. Modern (and lighter) railings are of no burden.