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Latitude: 53.7531 / 53°45'11"N
Longitude: -2.7033 / 2°42'11"W
OS Eastings: 353721
OS Northings: 428751
OS Grid: SD537287
Mapcode National: GBR T9B.X8
Mapcode Global: WH85M.FXYQ
Plus Code: 9C5VQ73W+6M
Entry Name: Railway Bridge over Drive Between Avenham Park and Miller Park
Listing Date: 27 September 1979
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1279844
English Heritage Legacy ID: 391881
ID on this website: 101279844
Location: Avenham Park, 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
Tagged with: Railway bridge
PRESTON
SD5328NE AVENHAM PARK 941-1/13/10 (West side) 27/09/79 Railway bridge over drive between Avenham Park and Miller Park
GV II
Railway bridge. c.1846, for Blackburn and Preston Railway Company; resident engineer, Sturges Meek. Sandstone ashlar. Single span, slightly skewed. Classical style. Semi-elliptical arch with rusticated rock-faced voussoirs, rusticated terminal pilasters, plain band, balustraded parapet with shield in centre; soffit of winding rusticated masonry; curved rock-faced abutments. History: bridge carried the former East Lancashire Railway line over drive between parks. Together with arch over riverside walk at south end of railway embankment, (q.v.), this was an integral element of landscaping demanded of the railway company by Preston Corporation which was beginning to create Avenham Park in the mid 1840s.
Listing NGR: SD5372128751
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