Chirkbank Bridge (Bridge Number 21) is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Canal bridge.

Chirkbank Bridge (Bridge Number 21)

WRENN ID: gaunt-loggia-saffron
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Shropshire
Country: England
Type: Canal bridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

WEST0N RHYN C.P. SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL SJ 23 NE 1/107 Chirkbank Bridge (Bridge No. 21) II Canal bridge. Circa 1800 on William Jessop's and Thomas Telford's Ellesmere Canal. Uncoursed limestone rubble abutments with ashlar string course and parapet. Cambered arch with stone lintel and projecting keystone has cast-iron ribs to soffit; retangular corner piers with shallow pyramidal capping. Cast-iron plate numbered "21" on east side. This section of the Ellesmere Canal was opended in 1801 to link Chirk with Welsh Frankton. Charles Hadfield, Canals of the West Midlands (3rd edn. 1985) p.173 A. Black- wall, Historic Bridges of Shropshire (1985) pp. 58-9.

Listing NGR: SJ2920337119

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