Bridge over Railway

The building is a road bridge over a railway, constructed between 1837 and 1840, with minor alterations made in the late 20th century. It is believed to have been built to a standard design, with an indenture from December 5, 1837, referencing specifications and plans prepared under the direction of George Stephenson and Frederick Swanwick, the principal engineers for the North Midland Railway Company.

The bridge is made of ashlar and regularly coursed squared Derbyshire gritstone. It features a single arch that carries a section of road on a residential street over the railway, aligned east-west.

The exterior of the bridge includes a wide elliptical arch that rises from ashlar skewbacks, with ashlar voussoirs beneath a deep roll moulding. Above the moulding is an ashlar plinth course and two courses of rectangular gritstone blocks that form the parapet walls. The bridge is topped with deep, wide ashlar copings that have rounded upper edges. Substantial abutments at either end of the bridge are detailed with V-jointed ashlar quoins. The roll moulding of the bridge extends into the adjacent flanking walls of the railway cutting.