Description

SO 85 NE HINDLIP CP WORCESTER & BIRMINGHAM CANAL

7/13 Offerton Bridge, No 24

GV II

Canal roadbridge. Early C19. Blue and red brick with sandstone coping;
parapet has alternate courses of blue headers and red stretchers. Elliptical
arch; parapet splayed at each end. Bridge no 24 as inscribed on stone at
centre of parapet. The Worcester & Birmingham Canal was built by the Earl of
Dudley between 1791 and 1815 and links the Birmingham Canal Navigations with
the River Severn. Its purpose was to supply coal from the Black Country to
the south-west Midlands. Offerton Bridge forms a group with Offerton Bridge
Lock (qv).

Listing NGR: SO8968458049

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26461396

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]