Description

SJ 68 NW GRAPPENHALL C.P. BRIDGEWATER CANAL

1/3 Lumb Brook Bridge (an
aqueduct , that part
in Grappenhall C.P.)

II

Aqueduct carrying the Bridgewater Canal over Lumb Brook Road and Lumb
Brook, 1770 (date on springer), by James Brindley. Squared snecked
blocks of red and yellow sandstone with red brick lining to the deep
segmental archway. Slightly concave broadly canted battered
abutments. Ramped path from road to towpath has sandstone retaining
walls and simple post-and-rail fence. A brick parapet, curved in
plan, with 6 rectangular recessed panels to outer side (with C20
concrete coping) protects the towpath. A semi-circular arched
sandstone culvert carries Lumb Brook diagonally beneath the road
through the aqueduct. The northern part of the aqueduct is in Lumb
Brook Road, Stockton Heath Parish and the south-western part is in
Lumb Brook Road Appleton C.P. (q.q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ6221186076

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)