Listed Building: HORSE BRIDGE OVER RIVER 250 METRES SOUTH WEST OF DUTTON LOCK (1139138)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 624, 4, 49
Date assigned 04 May 1979
Date last amended

Description

SJ 57 NE DUTTON C.P. 4/49 Horse Bridge over river 250 metres south west of Dutton Lock 4/5/79 GV II Footbridge 1915, timber, by A Saver, engineer to the Weaver Navigation Trust. 2 long segmental arches of laminated timber carry slightly arched footway on triangulated timber strutting. Plain post-and-rail parapets. Concrete springers; brick abutments with weathered concrete copings. An elegant structure in the functional waterways tradition; built in 1915-1916, it is a very early surviving example of a pre- stressed laminated timber structure, the arches having spans of 100 feet 7 inches and 101 feet 7 inches. Working Drawings and coloured elevation dated 1915 at BWB Office, Navigation Road, Northwich. Listing NGR: SJ5842176738

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 57495. [Mapped features: #700 57495; #6009 57495]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 5842 7673 (43m by 72m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ57NE
Civil Parish ACTON BRIDGE, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish DUTTON, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Feb 1 2011 12:00AM