Description

The asset was previously listed twice also under List entry 1249288. This entry was removed from the list on 6th May 2015.

PRESTON

SD5328 941-1/8/239

RIVERSIDE
(South West side)

Railway viaduct over River Ribble

II

Railway viaduct carrying North Union Railway over River
Ribble; now British Rail viaduct. 1837-8, for North Union
Railway Company, resident engineer Charles Vignoles; widened
1879-80 (with subsequent further addition). Rusticated
hammer-dressed sandstone ashlar. Approx. 200 metres long, in 5
wide spans. Classical style. Low barge-shaped piers; 5 wide
segmental arches with long rusticated voussoirs, a continuous
moulded cornice, and plain parapet (now interrupted by
stanchions of overhead power lines). The soffits of the arches
are also rusticated, and have longitudinal joints on the
midline, the width of the viaduct having been doubled in
1879-80 and the addition built in matching style. Northernmost
arch spans riverside road entering Miller Park from west, and
dies into a battered pier. West side of item partly covered by
later iron addition. (Southern half of structure is in
Penwortham CP, South Ribble District.)

Listing NGR: SD 53529 28409

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513492

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Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  For the Record
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)