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Boustead Hill Bridge

A Grade II Listed Building in Burgh by Sands, Cumbria

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Latitude: 54.9236 / 54°55'25"N

Longitude: -3.1018 / 3°6'6"W

OS Eastings: 329484

OS Northings: 559326

OS Grid: NY294593

Mapcode National: GBR 6CSH.8T

Mapcode Global: WH6YP.BH6T

Plus Code: 9C6RWVFX+F7

Entry Name: Boustead Hill Bridge

Listing Date: 19 September 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1087488

English Heritage Legacy ID: 78218

ID on this website: 101087488

Location: Boustead Hill, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA5

County: Cumbria

District: Carlisle

Civil Parish: Burgh by Sands

Traditional County: Cumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria

Church of England Parish: Burgh-by-Sands St Michael

Church of England Diocese: Carlisle

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Description


NY 25 NE BURGH BY SANDS Boustead Hill


4/33 Boustead Hill Bridge

II

Bridge overcanal, later railway bridge. 1819-23 for the Carlisle Canal;
additions of 1853-4 for the Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Company. Squared and
coursed red and calciferous sandstone; cast-iron central parapet on supporting
wooden pillars. Plinth with rounded corners was originally the supporting
structure for a canal drawbridge. Increased in height to convert this to a
railway bridge, when the canal closed.


Listing NGR: NY2948459326

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