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Latitude: 53.632 / 53°37'55"N
Longitude: -2.411 / 2°24'39"W
OS Eastings: 372920
OS Northings: 415129
OS Grid: SD729151
Mapcode National: GBR CVLF.TR
Mapcode Global: WH97G.YZ21
Plus Code: 9C5VJHJQ+QJ
Entry Name: Bridge over Railway Circa 150 Metres South West of Turton Tower
Listing Date: 27 September 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1241547
English Heritage Legacy ID: 440657
ID on this website: 101241547
Location: Chapeltown, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, BL7
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Civil Parish: North Turton
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Turton St Anne
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
Tagged with: Road bridge
SD 71 NW TURTON
SD 729 151
7/79 Bridge over railway
c.150 metres south west of
Turton Tower
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GV II
Bridge across railway cutting for Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton
Railway, 1847-8. Resident Engineer, Terence Flanagan.
Rock-faced and ashlared gritstone. Medieval style: 4-centred arch
with piers to the walls at the west end carried above the parapet
in ashlar as rectangular machicolated turrets, that on the south side
with a viewing deck approached by steps protected by a stepped
parapet. Ashlar parapets, stepped above the centre of the arch, are
pierced by cross-shaped arrow slits, terminate with polygonal pseudo-
turrets to the outer faces, and each has another pseudo-turret
corbelled on the outer face with its machicolated cap resting on
the coping. This bridge is the more elaborate of a pair of bridges
built under the terms of agreement with James Kay of Turton Tower (q.v.)
who was a director of the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway Company.
Listing NGR: SD7292015129
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