Description

BRENTWOOD

TQ69SW SEVEN ARCHES ROAD 723-1/9/105 Road bridge over London to Norwich railway line

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Road bridge over railway. 1840. For Eastern Counties Railway Co. Stock bricks, colour various, yellow, red and blue, in English bond. Aligned N-S, with C20 steel footbridge abutting to W. Supported over cutting on 6 brick piers, with a semi- elliptical arch between the 2 middle piers, and semicircular arches between the others. The 2 outer piers on each side have apertures through them, each with a semicircular arch; in the inner pier on each side this aperture has been closed with brick later. Weathered brick imposts. On each side are 8 projecting rectangular brick panels, over the piers and abutments. The E side has a brick parapet approximately 1.50m above the tarmac road. On the W side the parapet has been taken down to the level of the footbridge, approximately 0.60m above the tarmac, and finished with concrete coping blocks with exposed aggregate, on which is mounted a galvanised iron railing comprising cast stanchions and 2 tubular rails. The road takes its name from this bridge.

Listing NGR: TQ6009593028

External Links

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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