Deepdale Aqueduct

DEEPDALE AQUEDUCT, LARTINGTON LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1310593
Date first listed:
17-Jun-1986
Statutory Address:
DEEPDALE AQUEDUCT, LARTINGTON LANE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1310593
Date first listed:
17-Jun-1986
Statutory Address 1:
DEEPDALE AQUEDUCT, LARTINGTON LANE

Location

Statutory Address:
DEEPDALE AQUEDUCT, LARTINGTON LANE

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

District:
County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Lartington
District:
County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Barnard Castle
National Grid Reference:
NZ 04584 16731

Details

LARTINGTON LARTINGTON LANE NZ 01 NW (North side) 16/90 Deepdale Aqueduct II Aqueduct/footbridge across the River Tees. Dated 1893. Built by Head, Wrightson and Co., Engineers of Thornaby on Tees. Cast-iron bridge span and columns, planked walkway and rock-faced stone end sections.

45-metre long, jointed span, with cross-braced sides, carried on 2 sets of squat paired columns with moulded bases and dentilled capitals. Double walkway to either side of encased water pipes. Similar end sections: 2 octagonal-plan end piers with corbelled, chamfered caps, linked by a short flight of steps to 2 embattled, semi-octagonal towers flanking walkway.

This aqueduct straddles the parishes of Lartington and Barnard Castle and is included for industrial interest as a large and elaborate example of its type.

Listing NGR: NZ0458416731

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