Packhorse Bridge on Dick Brook South of Church of St Peter
PACKHORSE BRIDGE ON DICK BROOK SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST PETER
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1349458
- Date first listed:
- 27-Nov-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Packhorse Bridge on Dick Brook South of Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- PACKHORSE BRIDGE ON DICK BROOK SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST PETER
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1349458
- Date first listed:
- 27-Nov-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Packhorse Bridge on Dick Brook South of Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- PACKHORSE BRIDGE ON DICK BROOK SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST PETER
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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:
- PACKHORSE BRIDGE ON DICK BROOK SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST PETER
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Malvern Hills (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Astley and Dunley
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 78873 67233
Details
SO 76 NE ASTLEY CP ASTLEY SO 789673
3/44 Packhorse Bridge on Dick Brook south of - Church of St Peter
- II
Marked on map as Newbridge. Bridge known as Packhorse Bridge. Late C18 - early C19, possibly earlier. Hammer dressed ashlar. Single arch with continuous impost band and pronounced keystones; V-jointed voussoirs, arch flanked by plain pilasters; partially damaged quadrant abuttments; parapet obscured June 1984. Possibly related to iron smelting works complex on Dick Brook dated to mid C17: furnace, forge, locks (not included) and pack-horse bridge all appear to have been constructed of similar large well-dressed sandstone blocks. The Early Industrial Complex at Astley, Worcestershire, P J Brown, Post- Medieval Archaeology 16, 1982, pp 1 - 19.
Listing NGR: SO7887367233
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 152272
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Post Medieval Archaeology in Post Medieval Archaeology, Vol. 16, (1982), 1-19
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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