PIERS, RAILINGS AND GATES AT ENTRANCE TO TRANSPORTER BRIDGE

PIERS, RAILINGS AND GATES AT ENTRANCE TO TRANSPORTER BRIDGE, FERRY ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1139846
Date first listed:: 28-Jul-1988
List Entry Name:: PIERS, RAILINGS AND GATES AT ENTRANCE TO TRANSPORTER BRIDGE
Statutory Address:: PIERS, RAILINGS AND GATES AT ENTRANCE TO TRANSPORTER BRIDGE, FERRY ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1139846
Date first listed:: 28-Jul-1988
List Entry Name:: PIERS, RAILINGS AND GATES AT ENTRANCE TO TRANSPORTER BRIDGE
Statutory Address 1:: PIERS, RAILINGS AND GATES AT ENTRANCE TO TRANSPORTER BRIDGE, FERRY ROAD

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: PIERS, RAILINGS AND GATES AT ENTRANCE TO TRANSPORTER BRIDGE, FERRY ROAD

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District:: Middlesbrough (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: NZ 49943 21220

Details

MIDDLESBROUGH FERRY ROAD. NZ 42 SE (4921) 1/34 Piers, railings and gates at entrance to Transporter Bridge. G.V. II. Piers, gatepiers, railings and gates, at entrance to Tees Transporter Bridge (q.v.), 1910 by G.C. Imbault (Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd), engineer; constructed by Hill and Smith (Brierley Hill, Staffs). Rockfaced granite piers; iron railings, gatepiers and lamp brackets. 2 granite piers, flanking entrance to bridge, each with large polished granite tablet with inscribed recessed panel recording foundation of bridge in 1910. On each pier, a short colonnette, with moulded and chamfered base, supporting fluted stem and 2 scrolled lamp brackets; Middlesbrough Corporation arms fixed to colonette; lamps now missing. Flanking the piers are spike-topped railings and gates, and slender square gatepiers and intermediate piers, with crown and ball-on-stem finials. Gates have scrolled side bars. Similar railings and piers run at right-angles to those at entrance, from river side along west side of road for c.35m, terminating in similar gate. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: NZ4994321220

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Legacy System number:: 59727
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.