Description

LICHFIELD

SK1109SE ST JOHN STREET
1094-1/8/170 Railway Bridge
06/03/70
(Formerly Listed as:
UPPER ST JOHN STREET
Railway Bridge Abutments)

GV II

Railway bridge. 1849, altered 1882 and 1969. By Edward Adams
(Clayton) or Thomas Johnson of Lichfield (V C H). For South
Staffordshire Railway. Ashlar and cast-iron. Large ashlar
abutments have plain plinths and top friezes with tall
parapets with cornices. Each has to north 2 relief armorial
bearings below frieze and one large one to parapet; the lower
shields with arms of Bishops of Lichfield: Hackett, de
Clinton, Lonsdale and Hayworth, the upper shields with the old
Borough seal and the leopards of England (originally placed in
the centre of the parapet, north and south). To south are 4
armorial bearings of local families: Anson, Forster, Dyott and
Bagot. The 2 spans date from 1882, riveted iron plates; the
parapets have rectangular panels with concave corners. Arcades
covering pavements removed in 1969.
(Howard Clayton: Cathedral City: Lichfield: 1977-: P.45-7;
Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Greenslade M W:
Lichfield: Oxford: 1990-: P.128).

Listing NGR: SK1180909104

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512916

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)