Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 59 at SK 0786 1642
TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL BRIDGE NUMBER 59 AT SK 0786 1642, OLD ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1277567
- Date first listed:
- 10-Feb-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 59 at SK 0786 1642
- Statutory Address:
- TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL BRIDGE NUMBER 59 AT SK 0786 1642, OLD ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1277567
- Date first listed:
- 10-Feb-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 59 at SK 0786 1642
- Statutory Address 1:
- TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL BRIDGE NUMBER 59 AT SK 0786 1642, OLD ROAD
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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.
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:
- TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL BRIDGE NUMBER 59 AT SK 0786 1642, OLD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Lichfield (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Armitage with Handsacre
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 08633 16230
Details
ARMITAGE WITH HANDSACRE TRENT AND MERSEY SK 01 NE CANAL
6/10001 Bridge No 59, off Old Road at SK 0786 1642
- II
Canal accommodation bridge. Late C18. Red brick with stone coping. Single span with towpath and humped back. Segmental headed arch. Swept wings terminating in piers at all 4 corners. Stone springing stones. Minor repairs include small sections of parapet and coping. The Trent and Mersey Canal was built between 1766 and 1777 by James Brindley and Hugh Henshall. Charles Hadfield, The Canals of the West Midlands (1966) Jean Lindsay, The Trent and Mersey Canal (1979)
Listing NGR: SK0863316230
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 431004
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Lindsay, J, The Trent and Mersey Canal, (1979)
Hadfield, C, The Canals of the British Isles in The Canals of the East Midlands, (1966)
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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