Cumberland Footbridge Over Grand Union Canal To Outer Circle, Regents Park

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TQ2883NW PRINCE ALBERT ROAD 798-1/75/1343 Cumberland Footbridge over Grand 16/05/78 Union Canal to Outer Circle, Regents Park (Formerly Listed as: REGENTS PARK Cumberland Footbridge)

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Footbridge over Grand Union Canal. c1864. Manufactured by Henry Grissell, London (date & name on beams). Cast-iron. Single span rising in a gentle bow from masonry abutments. Load bearing beam arches of H section carrying subsidiary girders of footpath decking. Foliate running pattern decoration in spandrels of bridge. Cast-iron railings with enriched arcaded decoration with scroll-bracketed standards. Portland stone abutments with rusticated plinth carrying piers with cornices enriched with stiff leaf ornament. Piers surmounted by cast-iron lamp posts with candelabra bases having lion masks, column shafts, C20 reproduction lanterns and single ladder bars. Approaches to bridge with coped masonry parapets. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached to the northern end, cast-iron railings with torch flambe finials, curving on each side to tall stone piers surmounted by torch flambe urns.

The asset was previously listed twice also under the parish of Marylebone. This entry was removed from the List on 30 November 2017.