Milford Bridge, NO.105, North of Home Farm, Milford
MILFORD BRIDGE, NO.105, NORTH OF HOME FARM, MILFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE CANAL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393482
- Date first listed:
- 15-Oct-2009
- List Entry Name:
- Milford Bridge, NO.105, North of Home Farm, Milford
- Statutory Address:
- MILFORD BRIDGE, NO.105, NORTH OF HOME FARM, MILFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE CANAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393482
- Date first listed:
- 15-Oct-2009
- List Entry Name:
- Milford Bridge, NO.105, North of Home Farm, Milford
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILFORD BRIDGE, NO.105, NORTH OF HOME FARM, MILFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE CANAL
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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:
- MILFORD BRIDGE, NO.105, NORTH OF HOME FARM, MILFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE CANAL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Stafford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Berkswich
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 96758 21336
Details
BERKSWICH
603/19/10022 STAFFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE CANAL 15-OCT-09 MILFORD Milford Bridge, No.105, North of Home Farm, Milford
II Canal accommodation bridge, No. 105. Late-C18 by canal engineer James Brindley for the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
MATERIAL: Random bond brick with sandstone coping, though replaced in part with engineering brick.
DESCRIPTION: The bridge is ramped down to the towpath approach on the west side, and terminates in corner piers on the east side. It has a semi-elliptical arch, sandstone string course and plain parapets. The west and east faces each carry a cast-iron plaque bearing the name and number of the bridge. There appears to have been some minor repairs to the structure.
HISTORY: The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal was one of the earliest canals, constructed under an Act of 1766 and opened fully for traffic in 1772. Devised by James Brindley, the canal runs for 46½ miles between Great Haywood, where it joins the Trent & Mersey Canal (completed 1777) to Stourport where it connects with the River Severn. The canal forms one of the arms of Brindley's `Grand Cross', a scheme to link the Rivers Trent, Mersey, Thames and Severn, and was the first of the arms to be completed.
SOURCES: Victoria County History, A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 5: East Cuttlestone Hundred (1959) 1-11 J. Ian Langford, Towpath Guide for the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (1974), 37-8
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Milford Bridge (No.105) on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Despite some minor repairs, it is good example of a substantially intact canal structure of c.1770 * It is considered to be one of the earliest examples of a turnover bridge in the country * It was designed by James Brindley, a noted navigation engineer * It is of historic interest in the context of both the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and as part of the national waterways system of the late C18
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 507328
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Stafford, (1959), 1-11
Langford, JI, Towpath Guide for the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, (1974), 37-38
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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