Description

TWEMLOW C.P.
SJ 76 NE

4/51 Twemlow Viaduct

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GV II

Railway viaduct 1841 by G W Buck, Engineer to Manchester and Birmingham
Railway Company. Red brick, in English Bond, and sandstone. Twenty
three semi-circular arches, each of 18 metres span, supported on 3
metres on face by 8 metres deep piers. Projecting pier plinths with
weathered vermiculated stone cornice, mainly in brickwork but the
plinths of the two piers nearest to the River Dane are wholly of stone
with banded rustication. Ogee moulded stone impost bands. 8 bricks
deep arches, some wholly in brick-on-edge rings. The plain stone
parapet sits on a projecting two course deep brick band;this is
supported by a cornice which is built-up from a chamfered stone band
and a massive dentil cornice. The viaduct carries the electrified
railway from Manchester to Crewe.

Listing NGR: SJ7713567730

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26525246

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)