Railway Bridge Over Drive Between Avenham Park And Miller Park is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. Railway bridge.

Railway Bridge Over Drive Between Avenham Park And Miller Park

WRENN ID: blind-steeple-mist
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Preston
Country: England
Type: Railway bridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

PRESTON

SD5328NE AVENHAM PARK 941-1/13/10 (West side) 27/09/79 Railway bridge over drive between Avenham Park and Miller Park

GV II

Railway bridge. c.1846, for Blackburn and Preston Railway Company; resident engineer, Sturges Meek. Sandstone ashlar. Single span, slightly skewed. Classical style. Semi-elliptical arch with rusticated rock-faced voussoirs, rusticated terminal pilasters, plain band, balustraded parapet with shield in centre; soffit of winding rusticated masonry; curved rock-faced abutments. History: bridge carried the former East Lancashire Railway line over drive between parks. Together with arch over riverside walk at south end of railway embankment, (q.v.), this was an integral element of landscaping demanded of the railway company by Preston Corporation which was beginning to create Avenham Park in the mid 1840s.

Listing NGR: SD5372128751

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