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Castle Head Bridge

A Grade II Listed Building in Grange-over-Sands, Westmorland and Furness

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.2096 / 54°12'34"N

Longitude: -2.8877 / 2°53'15"W

OS Eastings: 342203

OS Northings: 479678

OS Grid: SD422796

Mapcode National: GBR 8M8R.MR

Mapcode Global: WH83D.MG47

Plus Code: 9C6V6456+RW

Entry Name: Castle Head Bridge

Listing Date: 12 July 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1269679

English Heritage Legacy ID: 460528

ID on this website: 101269679

Location: Lindale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA11

County: Westmorland and Furness

District: South Lakeland

Civil Parish: Grange-over-Sands

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria

Church of England Parish: Lindale St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Carlisle

Description


GRANGE-OVER-SANDS

SD47NW LINDALE ROAD 705-1/2/20 (East side (off)) Castle Head Bridge

II

Bridge with sluice gates. c1800. Limestone ashlar and rubble, with iron railings on north parapet. Has 2 segmental arches , with cutwaters projecting to north and south which have slots for sluice gates. The southern cutwaters are much taller than those to the north. The solid parapets have bands below their copings. HISTORY: John Wilkinson (1728-1808) the ironmaster, who owned the Castle Head estate, carried out a scheme of land drainage and improvement from 1778 onwards. He was also associated with the earliest (unexecuted) large-scale plan to enclose Morecambe Bay. Scheduled Ancient Monument. (Marshall JD: Furness and the Industrial Revolution: Barrow-in-Furness: 1958-: 64).

Listing NGR: SD4220379678

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