Sankey Viaduct Over Sankey Brook is a Grade I listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1966. A 1830 Viaduct. 13 related planning applications.
Sankey Viaduct Over Sankey Brook
- WRENN ID
- secret-iron-alder
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Warrington
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1966
- Type
- Viaduct
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sankey Viaduct over Sankey Brook is a railway viaduct built in 1830 by George Stephenson for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company. It is constructed from yellow sandstone and red brick, featuring nine round-arched spans supported by sharply-battered piers. The structure has rusticated ashlar faces and stone-banded brick jambs, with plinths consisting of three steps. Each jamb has a projecting band, and the plain, square imposts support heavily moulded cornices that carry stone parapets topped with plain square caps. Each pier has a corbelled square pilaster that supports the cornice, while the battered, curved abutments made of brick have stone quoins at their inner ends.
The viaduct is listed as Grade I because it is the earliest major railway viaduct in the world, and its design and construction influenced later viaducts by George Stephenson and Joseph Locke, such as those at Dutton and Vale Royal, which carried the former Grand Junction Railway over the Weaver valley. Part of this viaduct is located in Cheshire.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 13 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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