Great Hanging Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Great Hanging Bridge

WRENN ID: blind-bonework-smoke
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Chorley
Country: England
Date first listed: 30 January 1987
Type: Bridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

CROSTON MEADOW LANE SD 41 NE 8/84 Great Hanging Bridge - - II

Public road bridge over new cut of River Douglas. Probably early to mid-C18. Rock-faced sandstone. Three-span. Low segmental arches with triple keystones and archbands, rounded cutwaters and pilastered piers; parapets of large tooled blocks (probably replacements) that on the south lettered on the inner side GREAT HANGING BRIDGE. History: River Douglas was improved for navigation between 1720 and 1742, to provide an outlet from the Wigan coalfield and the Ribble Estuary. Item closely resembles White Bridge in Mawdesley CP (qv).

Listing NGR: SD4665117980

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