Description

SD 58SW
BEETHAM
A6070 (off West side)
Farleton

4/21

Duke's Bridge over
Kendal/Lancaster
Canal 170m East-
North-east of Townend
Farm

II

Canal bridge c.1816. Probably by John Fletcher, engineer, from the original
designs of John Rennie whose route for the canal was authorised in 1792.
Squared, coursed limestone with limestone string and copings and rounded fender
course. Elliptical arch, with rusticated voussoirs and keystone, over canal and
towpath; smaller arch with similar details over cattle creep to East.
Shallow-arched parapets, curved in plan, continuing into retaining walls
terminated by pilasters. Steps up to roadway at South-west corner. Approx. 6m
wide between parapets. The bridge is a particularly fine example on this
stretch of the canal and takes its name from the Duke of Cumberland Public House
which formerly stood at the crossroads to the East of it.

Listing NGR: SD5323880768

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26430828

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)