Description

SD 71 NW TURTON

SD 729 151

7/79 Bridge over railway
c.150 metres south west of
Turton Tower
-
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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534419

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