Natland Mill Beck Bridge Over Lancaster/kendal Canal

Natland Mill Beck bridge over Lancaster/Kendal Canal, Beck Lane

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1145663
Date first listed:
30-Jan-1985
List Entry Name:
Natland Mill Beck Bridge Over Lancaster/kendal Canal
Statutory Address:
Natland Mill Beck bridge over Lancaster/Kendal Canal, Beck Lane
Natland Mill Beck Bridge over Lancaster_Kendal Canal
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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1145663
Date first listed:
30-Jan-1985
List Entry Name:
Natland Mill Beck Bridge Over Lancaster/kendal Canal
Statutory Address 1:
Natland Mill Beck bridge over Lancaster/Kendal Canal, Beck Lane

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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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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
Natland Mill Beck bridge over Lancaster/Kendal Canal, Beck Lane

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

District:
Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Kendal
National Grid Reference:
SD 51935 90877

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 October 2024 to amend details in the description and to reformat the text to current standards

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SD 59 SW

KENDAL
NATLAND MILL
BECK LANE
Natland Mill Beck bridge over Lancaster/Kendal Canal

II

Canal bridge, 1818 by William Crosley Jr. Coursed, squared rubble with battered plinth and square end-stops; band and flat copings to parapets. Single elliptical arch, spanning c20 ft has projecting keystones. Roadway c12 ft wide; later steps lead to towpath from gap in wall at west end of bridge on south side. Bench mark on north side of plinth. Historical note: the canal was completed south from Tewitfield between 1792 and 1797 under the supervision of engineer John Rennie, who provided specifications for bridges, with the abutments battered and waisted. From 1815 Thomas Fletcher supervised progress north from Tewitfield, but only progressed as far as the Hincaster tunnel before William Crosley Jr was appointed in June 1817 to supervise the works from Hincaster to Kendal. Crosley also provided very similar specifications to Rennie’s earlier drawings, but without the distinctive ‘double keystones’ found on Rennie’s bridges. The contract for the bridges was let in 1817.

Listing NGR: SD5193590877

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
75465
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.

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