Description

SALTS LANE
TQ 7552 LOOSE
6/200
Loose Viaduct
23.5.67
GV
II
Viaduct. 1830, by Telford. Dressed stone. Soffit of arch red brick
in stretcher bond. Single elliptical arch with span of about 50 feet.
Plain stone plinth. Even, up-ended stone voussoirs springing from
tooled stone imposts. Arch closely flanked by doubly-projecting
pilasters, which rise slightly above parapet. Tooled stone plat band,
immediately above arch and carried over pilasters. Plain parapet,
with stone coping continued as further plat band across pilasters.
Short, curved flanking retaining walls ramped down to single end
pilasters. West side cantilevered out in C20 in similar style and
materials, for footpath. Carries turnpike road across narrow Loose
valley.

Listing NGR: TQ7593852074

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26553977

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas