Nash Mills Railway Bridge
NASH MILLS RAILWAY BRIDGE, GRAND UNION CANAL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1172991
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Nash Mills Railway Bridge
- Statutory Address:
- NASH MILLS RAILWAY BRIDGE, GRAND UNION CANAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1172991
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Nash Mills Railway Bridge
- Statutory Address 1:
- NASH MILLS RAILWAY BRIDGE, GRAND UNION CANAL
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:
- NASH MILLS RAILWAY BRIDGE, GRAND UNION CANAL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Three Rivers (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Abbots Langley
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 07169 04002
Details
TL 00 SE ABBOTS LANGLEY GRAND UNION CANAL Nash Mills
3/22 Nash Mills Railway Bridge
II
Bridge carrying railway over Grand Union Canal. 1837, altered C20. Robert Stephenson, engineer, for London and Birmingham Railway. Iron bridge originally, reinforced in concrete in C20. Skew segmental arch about 20m in span and 25m deep with 6 iron ribs, some of original iron in spandrels is visible. Band below rebuilt parapet. Impost blocks to splayed brick abutments. Battered brick pilasters with stone capitals. (T.T. Bury, The London and Birmingham Railroad, 1837). The western half of the bridge is listed in King's Langley civil parish in Dacorum Borough.
Listing NGR: TL0716904002
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 158668
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Bury, T T, The London and Birmingham Railroad, (1837)
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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