Leeds And Liverpool Canal, Owl Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1978. Swing-bridge. 1 related planning application.

Leeds And Liverpool Canal, Owl Bridge

WRENN ID
outer-wattle-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1978
Type
Swing-bridge
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SE23NW LS13 LEEDS AND SE2236 PUDSEY LIVERPOOL CANAL, Calverley Bridge

2/95 Owl Bridge (No 216) (formerly listed as 25.1.78 Owl Bridge over Leeds and Liverpool Canal) GV II

Swing-bridge. Late C18 by James Brindley and Richard Whitworth (engineers). Dressed-stone abutments of large blocks. The canal narrows like a bottle-neck, the east side taller with tapering sides and stepped to house pivoting end of bridge. The west side with a quadrant-shaped recess for bridge to swing round into. Modern cast-iron bridge with boarded floor on riveted pivot.

The Act for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal was passed in 1770.

Listing NGR: SE2204636935

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