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Bridge over Railway Circa 170 Metres North West of Turton Tower

A Grade II Listed Building in North Turton, Blackburn with Darwen

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.6344 / 53°38'3"N

Longitude: -2.4098 / 2°24'35"W

OS Eastings: 372996

OS Northings: 415399

OS Grid: SD729153

Mapcode National: GBR CVMD.2W

Mapcode Global: WH97G.YXM5

Plus Code: 9C5VJHMR+Q3

Entry Name: Bridge over Railway Circa 170 Metres North West of Turton Tower

Listing Date: 27 September 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1241831

English Heritage Legacy ID: 440658

ID on this website: 101241831

Location: Chapeltown, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, BL7

County: Blackburn with Darwen

Civil Parish: North Turton

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Turton St Anne

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

Tagged with: Road bridge

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Description


SD 71 NW TURTON

SD 729 153

7/80 Bridge over railway
c.170 metres north west of
Turton Tower
-
GV II

Bridge across railway cutting for Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton
Railway, 1847-8. Resident Engineer, Terence Flanagan. Rock-faced
gritstone with ashlar ornament. Medieval style: 4-centred arch,
bands, sloped deck and parapets, and at the west end corbelled
cylindrical machicolated turrets rising through the parapet. This
bridge is the less elaborate of a pair of bridges built under the
terms of agreement with James Kay of Turton Tower (q.v.) who was a
director of the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway Company.


Listing NGR: SD7299615399

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