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Railway Bridge with Cutting Walls to North and South

A Grade II Listed Building in Ormskirk, Lancashire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.5669 / 53°34'0"N

Longitude: -2.8837 / 2°53'1"W

OS Eastings: 341570

OS Northings: 408175

OS Grid: SD415081

Mapcode National: GBR 8W96.H2

Mapcode Global: WH86H.PL0W

Plus Code: 9C5VH488+QG

Entry Name: Railway Bridge with Cutting Walls to North and South

Listing Date: 1 March 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1290562

English Heritage Legacy ID: 386407

ID on this website: 101290562

Location: Ormskirk, West Lancashire, L39

County: Lancashire

District: West Lancashire

Electoral Ward/Division: Knowsley

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Ormskirk

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Ormskirk St Peter and St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Liverpool

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Description



ORMSKIRK

SD4108SE MOOR STREET
663-1/8/169 Railway Bridge with cutting walls to
north and south

GV II

Public road bridge over cutting of Preston to Liverpool
railway. c.1846-8. For the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston
Railway Company; Rock faced sandstone. The cutting walls are
approx.130m long, with a slightly concave batter, and have a
moulded band and parapets of larger blocks with rounded coping
ramped up to meet the bridge. The bridge has a stilted
segmental arch springing from the cutting walls, with the
bands and parapets carried round from these. Forms group with
Derby Street Railway Bridge to the north (q.v.).


Listing NGR: SD4157008175

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