Bridge No 49 (Awbridge Bridge) and associated lock
Awbridge Bridge and associated lock, Union Lane, Trysull
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1232383
- Date first listed:
- 18-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Bridge No 49 (Awbridge Bridge) and associated lock
- Statutory Address:
- Awbridge Bridge and associated lock, Union Lane, Trysull
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1232383
- Date first listed:
- 18-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Bridge No 49 (Awbridge Bridge) and associated lock
- Statutory Address 1:
- Awbridge Bridge and associated lock, Union Lane, Trysull
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:
- Awbridge Bridge and associated lock, Union Lane, Trysull
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- South Staffordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Trysull and Seisdon
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 85971 94877
Details
SO 8494-8594
12/158
TRYSULL AND SEISDON C.P.
STAFFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE CANAL
Bridge No 49 (Awbridge Bridge) and associated lock
(Formerly in Wombourne C.P.)
II
Canal bridge and lock. Circa 1770. Red brick with stone coped parapet. Single three-centred arch with perforated parapet above, separated from the parapets of the abutments by pilaster strips with pyramidal caps. The towpath underneath the bridge is flanked to the left by a coped wall; to the rear a short flight of steps leads up to the lock. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal was opened through Wombourne parish in 1770; the engineer was James Brindley and Awbridge bridge and lock may represent his first attempt at combining a lock and a bridge on a public road.
Listing NGR: SO8597194877
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 407471
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Stafford, (1984)
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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