Linacre Bridge
LINACRE BRIDGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1081168
- Date first listed:
- 21-Mar-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Linacre Bridge
- Statutory Address:
- LINACRE BRIDGE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1081168
- Date first listed:
- 21-Mar-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Linacre Bridge
- Statutory Address 1:
- LINACRE BRIDGE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LINACRE BRIDGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Wychavon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- North Claines
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 85151 60227
Details
SO 86 SE NORTH CLAINES CP DROITWICH BARGE CANAL
4/51 Linacre Bridge
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GV II
Canal accommodation bridge. c1771 by James Brindley. Handmade brick in English bond with sandstone dressings. Elliptical arch about 14 feet wide at base, with sandstone course above arch and sandstone quoins at base with rope grooves on west side; curved parapet is splayed at ends and has sandstone copings. The towpath passes beneath the west side. The Droitwich barge canal is a broad gauge canal linking Droitwich with the River Severn. James Brindley acted as the consultant engineer through- out its construction and it was completed in 1771. It was built to provide a reliable transport system for the salt industry and was worked by specially developed "wich" barges. The canal was undergoing restoration by the Droitwich Canals Trust at the time of survey (September 1984). This is the only structure on the canal that remains untouched since its completion. (Droitwich Canals Trust Ltd: A Guide to the Droitwich Canals).
Listing NGR: SO8515160227
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 147945
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
A Guide to the Droitwich Canals, ()
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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