Building record 6297/1/12 - Railway Bridge Over The Northampton Road

{1} 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.

{3} Post medieval railway bridge over A43 north of Blisworth.

{4} Fine semi-circular arch bridge dressed in stone, c10m high at the crown. Built to carry the London to Birmingham Railway over the Blisworth to Milton Malsor road. Opened in 1838, the bridge still carries West Coast mainline trains.

{6} Remains almost unaltered since 1838. List of additional sources.

{7} Constructed by Richard Dunkley of Blisworth. On the embankment to the south west the first Blisworth station was sited. North east of the bridge is a terrace of 12 early railway cottages.

{8} Undated photo, also photo dated 15.12.1993;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/24 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F10 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Starmer G.H., 1982, National Register of Industrial Monuments, (part checked) (Catalogue). SNN563.

<4> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2001, A Guide To The Industrial Heritage Of Northamptonshire, p.11 (checked) (Gazetteer). SNN104759.

<5> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 1996-2013, Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group Newsletter, Issue 108 p.13 (unchecked) (Newsletter). SNN55360.

<6> 2011, Our Transport Heritage - Heritage Locations - Blisworth Arch, (checked) (Website). SNN107380.

<7> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2011, A Guide To The Industrial Heritage of Northamptonshire (2nd Edition), p.14 (checked) (Gazetteer). SNN107622.

<8> Photographs of buildings in Blisworth (Photographs). SNN112040.

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Feb 23 2024 2:18PM