Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1307555
- Date first listed:
- 15-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Morton Bridge
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1307555
- Date first listed:
- 15-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Morton Bridge
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- West Felton
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Oswestry Rural
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ3134723194
Details
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 1 May 2019.
SJ 32 SW
10/175
B 4396
Morton Bridge
II
Bridge. Early C19. Regularly coursed red sandstone blocks. Single
segmental arch with voussoirs and raised keystone; string course and
rectangular end pilasters capped by shallow pyramidal finials; south side
has coped parapet. Spans the River Morda.
This asset was previously listed thrice. The duplicate records (List entry numbers 1367380 and 1054668) were removed from the List on 1 May 2019. The remaining record (List entry number 1307555) falls within the parishes of Knockin, West Felton and Oswestry Rural.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 255652
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Blackwall, A, Historic Bridges of Shropshire, (1985), 29
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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