Castle Head Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1996. Bridge.

Castle Head Bridge

WRENN ID: half-mullion-myrtle
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Westmorland and Furness
Country: England
Date first listed: 12 July 1996
Type: Bridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

GRANGE-OVER-SANDS

SD47NW LINDALE ROAD 705-1/2/20 (East side (off)) Castle Head Bridge

Bridge with sluice gates. c1800. Limestone ashlar and rubble, with iron railings on north parapet. Has 2 segmental arches , with cutwaters projecting to north and south which have slots for sluice gates. The southern cutwaters are much taller than those to the north. The solid parapets have bands below their copings. HISTORY: John Wilkinson (1728-1808) the ironmaster, who owned the Castle Head estate, carried out a scheme of land drainage and improvement from 1778 onwards. He was also associated with the earliest (unexecuted) large-scale plan to enclose Morecambe Bay. Scheduled Ancient Monument. (Marshall JD: Furness and the Industrial Revolution: Barrow-in-Furness: 1958-: 64).

Listing NGR: SD4220379678

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