List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: RAILWAY VIADUCT LINKING BRIDGE OVER IRWELL TO LIVERPOOL ROAD STATION
List Entry Number: 1254726
Location
RAILWAY VIADUCT LINKING BRIDGE OVER IRWELL TO LIVERPOOL ROAD STATION, WATER STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: Manchester
District Type: Metropolitan Authority
Parish: Non Civil Parish
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 20-Jun-1988
Date of most recent amendment: 06-Jun-1994
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 457833
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List Entry Description
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
MANCHESTER
SJ8297 WATER STREET
698-1/18/428 (West side)
20/06/88 Railway viaduct linking bridge over
Irwell to Liverpool Road Station
(Formerly Listed as:
WATER STREET
(West side)
Railway bridge (etc), attached
viaduct, animal ramp, north of
Liverpool Road)
GV II
Railway viaduct, with attached animal ramp at east end of
south side, including bridge carrying railway line over Water
Street to former Liverpool Road Station. 1830 with bridge
rebuilt 1905. Brick viaduct, iron bridge. Viaduct has arcade
of segmental arches (that at the west end with springing built
into stone abutment of bridge over river); animal ramp
attached at right-angles, also of brick with parapets and
cobbled deck. Iron-girder bridge over street. Retaining wall
to Water Street with monumental banding. Although re-built,
forms integral element of railway structures associated with
Liverpool Road Station, the first passenger railway station in
the world, linking it to the bridge over the river Irwell.
Listing NGR: SJ8291897896
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Map
National Grid Reference: SJ 82918 97896
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