Listed Building: TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL BRIDGE NUMBER 157 AT SJ 7387 5938 (1115839)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 918, 6, 10004
Date assigned 05 July 1994
Date last amended

Description

SANDBACH TRENT AND MERSEY SJ 75 NW CANAL 918- /6/10004 Bridge No. 157 at SJ 7387 5938 II Canal accommodation bridge. Early-mid C19. Brindled brick with stone coping. Single span with towpath and humped back. Elliptical arch. Swept wings terminating in piers at all 4 comers. Stone plaque at crown on both sides. Remains of cast iron guard plate on wooden post to west towpath side jamb. The Trent and Mersey Canal was built between 1766 and 1777 by James Brindley and Hugh Henshall. Charles Hadfield, The Canals of the West Midlands (1966) Jean Lindsay, The Trent and Mersey Canal (1979) Listing NGR: SJ7387059380

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 351195. [Mapped features: #1992 351195; #7300 351195]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 7391 5939 (8m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ75NW
Civil Parish SANDBACH, CONGLETON, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Oct 1 2011 12:00AM