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Bridge at South End of Railway Embankment Between Avenham Park and Miller Park

A Grade II Listed Building in Preston, Lancashire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7517 / 53°45'6"N

Longitude: -2.7027 / 2°42'9"W

OS Eastings: 353762

OS Northings: 428601

OS Grid: SD537286

Mapcode National: GBR T9F.SS

Mapcode Global: WH85M.GY7R

Plus Code: 9C5VQ72W+MW

Entry Name: Bridge at South End of Railway Embankment Between Avenham Park and Miller Park

Listing Date: 20 December 1991

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1279843

English Heritage Legacy ID: 391879

ID on this website: 101279843

Location: Avenham, Preston, Lancashire, PR1

County: Lancashire

District: Preston

Electoral Ward/Division: Town Centre

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Preston

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Preston St John and St George the Martyr

Church of England Diocese: Blackburn

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Description



PRESTON

SD5328NE AVENHAM PARK
941-1/13/8 (South West side)
Bridge at S. end of railway
embankment between Avenham Park and
Miller Park

GV II

Bridge over riverside walk, linking railway embankment with
railway viaduct. c.1846, for Blackburn and Preston Railway
Company; resident engineer, Sturges Meek. Red brick with
sandstone dressings. Single span linking south end of
embankment with north end of viaduct over river. Tall
round-headed arch with rusticated stone voussoirs, brick
parapet with stone coping, terminal pilasters at north side
with rusticated quoins, plain band. At north end of east side
a long flight of steps at right-angles leads up to a
pedestrian walkway along the viaduct. History: with railway
bridge over drive at north end of embankment (q.v.), this was
an integral element of landscaping demanded of the Company by
Preston Corporation, which was beginning to create Avenham
Park in the mid 1840s.


Listing NGR: SD5376228601

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