Series Of 16 Strainer Arches In Railway Cutting At Sd 581 192 is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Railway engineering. 1 related planning application.
Series Of 16 Strainer Arches In Railway Cutting At Sd 581 192
- WRENN ID
- eternal-passage-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1984
- Type
- Railway engineering
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This structure consists of a series of 16 strainer or "flying" arches located in a railway cutting for the Euxton Section of the Bolton and Preston Railway, built in 1842. The arches are made of punched gritstone, each spanning 26 feet 9 inches and measuring 18 inches in width, with irregular intervals of approximately 15 feet. The segmental arches support solid spandrels, which slope down to a central span made solely of voussoirs with a flat coping. This design represents a rare, though not unique, example of contemporary railway engineering, used here as an alternative to a tunnel that was too difficult to construct. The arches are likely attributed to the engineer J. Alexander Adie.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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