Description

SD 52NW PENWORTHAM LEYLAND ROAD

4/83 Old Penwortham Bridge
October 1962 (Formerly listed as Penwortham Old Bridge
II over River Ribble (that portion
in Preston RD))

Bridge over River Ribble, 1759. Stone. Five unequal segmental arches,
rising towards the centre; V-shaped cutwaters continued to the parapets
to form refuges on both sides of deck; spandrels of red sandstone.
Parapets, moulded at the top, turn and continue as walls on the south
bank of the river c. 40 metres eastwards and c. 130 metres westwards.
At the south east corner of the bridge is a low triangular stone with
incised lettering: PENWORTHAM. Replaced first bridge on this site
(built 1755, collapsed 1756), and until early C20 was lowest bridge
over Ribble; intermittently maintained by tolls; now used as footbridge.
Part of this bridge is in Preston former CB (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD5301128284

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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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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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)