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The viaduct is 96 feet (29 m) high and is carried on 37 semi-circular arches, each of 30 feet (9.1 m), surmounted by balustrades, spanning a total length of 1,480 feet (450 m). Each pier contains a jack arch with a semi-circular soffit, which had the benefit of reducing the number of bricks required. [6]
At the south end the line crosses Blackburn road on a segmental arched bridge with battered rock-faced abutments; at the north end are 3 similar arches, (the centre bridging Whalley Road), separated from the main structure by a short embankment. West side of 5th arch of viaduct has keystone lettered "RH" M 1847 (= Richard Hacking, Manager).
The district of Chichester covers about 300 square miles (780 km 2) [5] and takes up most of the western half of West Sussex. [6] The population in 2011 was 113,800. [ 7 ] The ancient city of Chichester (originally a Roman town), with 23,731 residents at the time of the 2001 Census, is the largest settlement; there are also small towns ...
In 1852 the life-boat Challenger was built and launched from the Arches. [3] Victorian-era passenger trips along the Irwell were very popular, despite increasing levels of river pollution; in 1860 the Irwell was described as "almost proverbial for the foulness of its waters; receiving the refuse of cotton factories, coal mines, print works ...
In England, a building or structure is defined as "listed" when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of "special architectural or historic interest" by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, a Government department, in accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (a successor to the 1947 act). [1]
At the west end of the south wall is an original round-headed Saxon window. The south doorway is 17th century, with a modern porch. [ 8 ] The chancel is about 16 feet (4.9 m) long and 10 feet (3.0 m) wide on the interior. [ 14 ]
An eighteenth century stone and brick bridge with two arches carries Chithurst Lane over the river. [38] The River Rother at Cowdray Ruins. Continuing eastwards, the river is crossed by Iping Bridge at Iping, a narrow stone bridge with five arches dating from the seventeenth century. [39] To the west of the bridge is the site of Iping watermill.
There are 912 scheduled monuments in the county of West Sussex, England. [1] These protected sites date in some cases from the Neolithic period, and include medieval moated sites, ruined abbeys, castles, and Iron Age hillforts. [2]