Description

PARISH OF TWYFORD AND STENSON OFF BUCKFORD LANE
SK 33 SW
1/100 (North Side)
Canal Bridge at
OS 321 300
II

Bridge carrying a farm track over the Trent and Mersey Grand
Trunk Canal. c1777. James Brindley engineer. Red brick with
later repairs in red and blue brick. Single segmental arch.
The walls curve out to the ends and have end piers. Plain
parapet walls ramped to centre and with stone copings. Above
the arch on each side is an oval metal plaque giving the number
of the bridge. The Trent and Mersey Canal was sanctioned by an
act of 1766, opened to a point near Stafford in 1770 and
completed in 1777.

Listing NGR: SK3210830058

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26309819

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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