Description

SK 32 NE PARISH OF SWARKESTONE LOWES LANE
3/250
Lowes Bridge
II
Canal bridge. 1770 by engineer James Brindley, with minor later
repairs. Red brick with stone dressings. Wide segmental brick
arch on tapering jambs with plain brick spandrels and parapets,
topped by chamfered stone copings. To top of the arch, on both
sides is a plain stone plaque, that to east with cast iron oval
plaque above inscribed '15'. The soffit of the arch has six
iron reinforcements. To either side of the arch the walls splay
outwards and finish in tapering square. Built as part of the
Trent and Mersey Canal.

Listing NGR: SK3648929065

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500998

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