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Double Bridge at Lock No 66, Trent and Mersey Canal

A Grade II Listed Building in Sandbach, Cheshire East

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1297 / 53°7'47"N

Longitude: -2.368 / 2°22'4"W

OS Eastings: 375472

OS Northings: 359237

OS Grid: SJ754592

Mapcode National: GBR 016.VHK

Mapcode Global: WH9B0.LLLJ

Plus Code: 9C5V4JHJ+VQ

Entry Name: Double Bridge at Lock No 66, Trent and Mersey Canal

Listing Date: 3 December 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1330422

English Heritage Legacy ID: 56254

Also known as: Bridge 152, Trent and Mersey Canal

ID on this website: 101330422

Location: Wheelock, Cheshire East, Cheshire, CW11

County: Cheshire East

Civil Parish: Sandbach

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Wheelock Christ Church

Church of England Diocese: Chester

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Description


SJ 75 NE
5/102

TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL
(Wheelock)
Double Bridge at lock No 66

GV
II
Accommodation bridge, south arch, circa 1775 by James Brindley, Engineer, north arch with the duplication of locks circa 1830, Thomas Telford, Consultant. This bridge gives access to Lock House from Cottons Lane and afforded the Lock Keeper access to double locks numbered 65 and 66. Blue and red bricks and stonework. The earlier south arch is segmental and wholly of brickwork, but there are blocks of stone set on end as rubbing blocks between tow path and springing line. The north arch is almost elliptical and has rusticated stone dressing to the vertical and arched sections of the opening. This bridge has a projecting, level, carriageway band sitting on the crown of the arch. Both arches are surmounted by single unmarked stone block midway between extrados and parapet coping. Rounded stone coping to level parapet wall and four way rounded caps to the piers at the ends of the curved approach walls.
The extended low level cutwater between the arches is part of the island between the two parallel locks.


Listing NGR: SJ7547259236

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