Building record 395/2/7 - Belchers Lift Bridge No. 189 at SP495329

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{1} Accommodation lift bridge. Late C18 origins. C19 and C20 alterations. Tilting wooden plank deck with wooden hand rails and two balance beams set at raking angle. Brick abutments with concrete sills. Brick wing walls trailing edges and stone rubbing blocks on faces to canal. One of an important series of Oxford Canal lift bridges of a type now rare in England.


<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 7/1001 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F01 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Digital archive: Clews Architects. 1980s. Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire. h:heritage\smr\historic buildings database. historic.mdb. Clews Architects. 7/1001 (checked).
  • <2> Catalogue: List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"). South Northants.District. Dept. of Environment. F01 (unchecked).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 49525 32981 (5m by 4m) Central
Civil Parish AYNHO, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

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Record last edited

May 15 2014 1:05PM

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