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Latitude: 53.7517 / 53°45'6"N
Longitude: -2.7027 / 2°42'9"W
OS Eastings: 353762
OS Northings: 428601
OS Grid: SD537286
Mapcode National: GBR T9F.SS
Mapcode Global: WH85M.GY7R
Plus Code: 9C5VQ72W+MW
Entry Name: Bridge at South End of Railway Embankment Between Avenham Park and Miller Park
Listing Date: 20 December 1991
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1279843
English Heritage Legacy ID: 391879
ID on this website: 101279843
Location: Avenham, Preston, Lancashire, PR1
County: Lancashire
District: Preston
Electoral Ward/Division: Town Centre
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Preston
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Preston St John and St George the Martyr
Church of England Diocese: Blackburn
Tagged with: Railway bridge
PRESTON
SD5328NE AVENHAM PARK
941-1/13/8 (South West side)
Bridge at S. end of railway
embankment between Avenham Park and
Miller Park
GV II
Bridge over riverside walk, linking railway embankment with
railway viaduct. c.1846, for Blackburn and Preston Railway
Company; resident engineer, Sturges Meek. Red brick with
sandstone dressings. Single span linking south end of
embankment with north end of viaduct over river. Tall
round-headed arch with rusticated stone voussoirs, brick
parapet with stone coping, terminal pilasters at north side
with rusticated quoins, plain band. At north end of east side
a long flight of steps at right-angles leads up to a
pedestrian walkway along the viaduct. History: with railway
bridge over drive at north end of embankment (q.v.), this was
an integral element of landscaping demanded of the Company by
Preston Corporation, which was beginning to create Avenham
Park in the mid 1840s.
Listing NGR: SD5376228601
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