Description

HANBURY CP WORCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM
SO 96 NW
SO 96 SW CANAL
SO 93776500
1/149 (11/84) Astwood Lane Bridge No 40
3/149 [formerly listed as
Wychbold (Hanbury Road)
Bridge under DODDERHILL CP]
26.8.75
- II

Canal road bridge. Early C19 with mid-C19 alterations. Red brick with red
and blue brick parapet and part sandstone, part blue brick coping. Elliptical
arch and cambered sides; parapet has a 2-course band at its base, is built of
alternating courses of blue headers and red stretchers, is splayed at each end
and is terminated by square piers. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built
for the Earl of Dudley between 1791 and 1815 to link the Birmingham Canal
Navigations with the River Severn. It was intended, primarily, as a means of
supplying coal from the Black Country to the West Midlands. The towpath runs
beneath the east side of the bridge.

Listing NGR: SO9366665000

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26356378

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings