Building record 442/1/5 - Bridge No.53, Grand Union Canal

Bridge. Late C18, doubled 1835. Coursed squared limestone, with red brick arches and brick parapet to east half; all painted.

{1} Bridge. Late C18, doubled 1835. Coursed squared limestone, with red brick arches and brick parapet to east half; all painted. Double-span bridge with elliptical arches. That to older, west half has narrower span and is somewhat lower. Wide at the ends, the bridge narrows and then curves outwards again at the centre, the two halves meeting in the form of a cutwater. String course at base of parapet which dips at the centre. Channel under east span is not in use.

{4} The bridge was strengthened in 1972 by British Waterways, in collaboration with the County Surveyor, by the insertion of a reinforced concrete structure invisible from the outside. The bridge probably dates from c1835-40, when the canal was widened and a double set of locks constructed.

{5} Undated photo, also two photos dated 13.01.1994;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/163 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Falconer K., 1980, Guide to England's Industrial Heritage, p.170 (unchecked) (Book). SNN103153.

<4> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 591 (Book). SNN111989.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Stoke Bruerne (Photographs). SNN113273.

Record last edited

Apr 27 2022 2:10PM