Survey Data
Reg No
11201002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Scientific
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1750 - 1755
Coordinates
300826, 235803
Date Recorded
25/04/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Three-arch road bridge over river, c.1752. Ashlar voussoirs to three equal segmental arches. Triangular cutwaters to up- and down-river sides. Regularly spaced corbels to arch soffits at impost level. West side replaced at road level with reinforced steel joists and modern steel fencing.
Appraisal
An imposing and finely built road bridge, demonstrating the engineering prowess of the mid eighteenth century. The soffit corbels may be remnants of the arch centering- an unusual surviving feature. Sited at an important crossing point as shown by the presence of a toll house on the north bank, and probably replaced an earlier bridge on this site.