Description

RICHARDS CASTLE
SO56NW
482-1/13/154

Teme Aqueduct at NGR SO 5370368807

II

1789. By Thomas Dadford. Aqueduct over the River Teme that carried the disused Stourport to Kington canal. Coursed rubble stone, ashlar and brick. Single segmental arch on the south bank of the river with the adjoining mid-stream arch now fallen. Remaining two standing arches are to the north. Brick arch with ashlar voussoirs and springer stone. Stone replaced with brick at head of arch. Stone cutwaters and side wall. Brick parapet with vestiges of ashlar coping. Star-shaped iron tie-rod ends below parapet. Channel of canal and parapet heavily overgrown at time of survey.

One of the last significant remnants of the Kington and Leominster Canal in Shropshire.

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22 March 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663629

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)