Railway Bridge over Northampton Road, Blisworth
Description: Railway Bridge over Northampton Road
Grade: II
Date Listed: 15 March 1988
English Heritage Building ID: 234847
OS Grid Reference: SP7283954147
OS Grid Coordinates: 472839, 254147
Latitude/Longitude: 52.1808, -0.9361
Location: Northampton Road, Blisworth, Northamptonshire NN7 3DN
Locality: Blisworth
Local Authority: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Postcode: NN7 3DN
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Listing Text
SP 75 SW BLISWORTH NORTHAMTON ROAD
4/24 Railway bridge over
Northampton Road
6V II
Railway bridge, c.1837. Red brick faced with grey lias. Single-arched bridge
spanning main road to Northampton. Round-headed arch with imposts and keyblock,
flanked by massive pilaster buttresses with buffer. Moulded stone cornice and
plain stone-coped parapet. An important bridge on Robert Stephenson's pioneering
London-Birmingham railway line, figuring in several contemporary illustrations.
Listing NGR: SP7283954147
Source: English Heritage
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