Listed Building: RAILWAY VIADUCT OVER THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL (1278977)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 313, 1, 29
Date assigned 27 November 1984
Date last amended

Description

SJ 37 SE 1/29 MOLLINGTON C.P. Railway viaduct over the Shropshire Union Canal. II Railway viaduct: dated 1839 by Geo. Stephenson and John Dixon for Chester and Birkenhead Railway Co. Rock-faced red sandstone with blue and orange brick vaulting. Main arch over the canal built on the skew has rusticated voussoirs and dated keystones with a skew brick vault. To either side is an arcade of 5 smaller ordinary semi-circular brick arches with stone imposts and keystones on raking stone piers. Projecting band at track level carries a low stone parapet with modern aluminium railing. Listing NGR: SJ3940770539

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 404435. [Mapped features: #4767 404435; #21987 404435]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 3940 7054 (63m by 98m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ37SE
Civil Parish MOLLINGTON, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Sep 14 2021 10:40AM