Description

WORSLEY WORSLEY ROAD
SD 70 SW
1/73 Bridge over
branches of
Bridgewater
Canal at
- The Delph
G.V. II

Bridge. Originally c.1760 but successively rebuilt, repaired
and enlarged in C19 and C20. Dressed stone, brick, ashlar
and iron railings. To west of No. 3 Worsley Road are 2
arches: the first is a small semi-circular brick arch
designed to accommodate M boats from the mine before trans-
shipment, the second a large blind segmental brick arch with
stone band, constructed when the road was widened and raised
in level. 2 similar arches, one blind and one open, occur-to
the east of No. 3. Above the arches is built up in brick,
stone or in some places rock and the parapet is either brick
with a round-topped stone coping or iron railings spanning
between shaped ashlar posts with caps.

Listing NGR: SD7482800494

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26575911

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6