Bridge At South End Of Railway Embankment Between Avenham Park And Miller Park is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1991. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Bridge At South End Of Railway Embankment Between Avenham Park And Miller Park
- WRENN ID
- swift-balcony-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1991
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PRESTON
SD5328NE AVENHAM PARK 941-1/13/8 (South West side) Bridge at S. end of railway embankment between Avenham Park and Miller Park
GV II
Bridge over riverside walk, linking railway embankment with railway viaduct. c.1846, for Blackburn and Preston Railway Company; resident engineer, Sturges Meek. Red brick with sandstone dressings. Single span linking south end of embankment with north end of viaduct over river. Tall round-headed arch with rusticated stone voussoirs, brick parapet with stone coping, terminal pilasters at north side with rusticated quoins, plain band. At north end of east side a long flight of steps at right-angles leads up to a pedestrian walkway along the viaduct. History: with railway bridge over drive at north end of embankment (q.v.), this was an integral element of landscaping demanded of the Company by Preston Corporation, which was beginning to create Avenham Park in the mid 1840s.
Listing NGR: SD5376228601
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