Canal Bridge Number 72 at SD 596 146 Idle Bridge

CANAL BRIDGE NUMBER 72 AT SD 596 146, WESTHOUGHTON ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1072477
Date first listed:
21-Feb-1984
Statutory Address:
CANAL BRIDGE NUMBER 72 AT SD 596 146, WESTHOUGHTON ROAD
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Canal Bridge Number 72 (Idle Bridge), over Leeds - Liverpool Canal (originally Lancaster Canal South End).
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Date:
1999-08-23
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IOE01/01751/15
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1072477
Date first listed:
21-Feb-1984
Statutory Address 1:
CANAL BRIDGE NUMBER 72 AT SD 596 146, WESTHOUGHTON ROAD
Statutory Address 2:
IDLE BRIDGE, WESTHOUGHTON ROAD

Location

Statutory Address:
CANAL BRIDGE NUMBER 72 AT SD 596 146, WESTHOUGHTON ROAD
Statutory Address:
IDLE BRIDGE, WESTHOUGHTON ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Lancashire
District:
Chorley (District Authority)
Parish:
Heath Charnock
National Grid Reference:
SD 59701 14648

Details

SD 51 SE HEATH CHARNOCK off WESTHOUGHTON ROAD

8/147 Canal Bridge No. 72 (Idle Bridge) - at SD 596 146 - II

Bridge, over Leeds - Liverpool Canal (originally Lancaster Canal South End); probably 1790s. Stone. Elliptical arch with triple keystone; buttressed piers at each end of walls which are battered and curve inwards towards centre; with bands, parapets with rounded coping.

Listing NGR: SD5970114648

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