Mildenham Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1985. Bridge.
Mildenham Bridge
- WRENN ID
- standing-joist-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1985
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SO 86 SE NORTH CLAINES CP DROITWICH BARGE CANAL
4/52 Mildenham Bridge
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GV II
Lock tail bridge. c1771 by James Brindley. Handmade brick in English bond with sandstone dressings and some mid-C20 brick repairs. Elliptical arch, about 14 feet wide at base, with sandstone course above arch on both sides; curved parapet splayed at ends with repaired sandstone copings; lower parapet strengthened by upright metal tie-bar. The Droitwich Barge Canal is a broad gauge canal linking Droitwich with the River Severn. James Brindley acted as consultant engineer throughout its construction and it was completed in 1771. It was built to provide a reliable transport system for the salt industry and was worked by specially developed "wich" barges. It was under- going restoration at time of survey (September 1984) by the Droitwich Canals Trust. The bridge forms a group with Mildenham Lock (qv) immediately east of the bridge. (Droitwich Canals Trust Ltd : A Guide to the Droitwich Canals).
Listing NGR: SO8533860673
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