Railway Bridge
RAILWAY BRIDGE, BUXTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1119771
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jun-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Railway Bridge
- Statutory Address:
- RAILWAY BRIDGE, BUXTON ROAD
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- Date:
- 1999-10-17
- Reference:
- IOE01/01778/20
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1119771
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jun-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Railway Bridge
- Statutory Address 1:
- RAILWAY BRIDGE, BUXTON ROAD
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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:
- RAILWAY BRIDGE, BUXTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- High Peak (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Whaley Bridge
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 01148 81154
Details
SK0181 WHALEY BRIDGE BUXTON ROAD
912/1/10006 Railway Bridge
II
Railway bridge. c1863. Possibly by William Baker, Chief engineer of the London and North Western railway. Cast iron with stone abutments. Quarry faced grindstone abutments with dressed stone caps. Double track bed carried on four cast iron arched ribs cast in two parts and joined in the centre. The spandrels each have five rectangular headed openings diminishing towards the centre. Cornice and solid parapet above, also iron.
History: This bridge carries the Whaley Bridge to Buxton line of the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge railway which was opened on 16/06/1863. It was an extension of the line from Stockport to Whaley Bridge which was opened in 1857. It became part of the London and North Western Railway in 1866.
Reference: John Marshall, the Cromford and High Peak Railway, 1996, pps.30-32.
Listing NGR: SK0114881154
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469325
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Marshall, J, The Cromford and High Peak Railway, (1996), 30-32
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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