Railway Bridge Over Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Ainscough's Mill
RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL AT AINSCOUGH'S MILL, MILL LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1380271
- Date first listed:
- 28-Apr-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Railway Bridge Over Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Ainscough's Mill
- Statutory Address:
- RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL AT AINSCOUGH'S MILL, MILL LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1380271
- Date first listed:
- 28-Apr-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Railway Bridge Over Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Ainscough's Mill
- Statutory Address 1:
- RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL AT AINSCOUGH'S MILL, MILL LANE
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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:
- RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL AT AINSCOUGH'S MILL, MILL LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- West Lancashire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Burscough
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 44697 11883
Details
SD41SW BURSCLOUGH MILL LANE
663-1/2/10018 Railway Bridge over Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Ainscough's Mill
GV II
Railway bridge over canal. 1848 for the East Lancashire Railway, altered early C20 for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Stone, cast iron and steel. squared rock faced limestone abutments with dressed stone capping. Cast iron face girders in four panels, decorative cast iron railings above. Each face girder carrries the inscription:- JOSEPH BUTLER & Co STANNINGLEY IRON WORKS Nr LEEDS 1848 The girders which carry the track are rivetted steel plate girders and date from the early C20. This bridge is a particularly good example of a cast iron railway bridge partially replaced with steel, something which happened all over the system following the collapse of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's Portland Road bridge in Croydon in 1891. Its original appearance is unaltered on the outer faces, the girders are dated and have their makers name and the railings are complete. This bridge is one of an important series of bridges over the Leeds and Liverpool canal and it has group value with the immediately adjacent Ainscoughs Mill. History: This bridge was built as a part of the East Lancashire Railway which opened 2/4/1849. This company was a constituent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on formation in 1859. The track was singled in the 1960's but the line remains open.
Listing NGR: SD4469711883
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 480099
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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