Survey Data
Reg No
20903802
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1790 - 1830
Coordinates
118013, 93140
Date Recorded
05/09/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Triple-arch road bridge over River Blackwater, built c. 1810. Coursed lightly dressed sandstone and limestone walls terminating in rectangular-plan ashlar limestone piers. Cut limestone string course above arches and cut limestone copings to parapet walls. Tooled margined blocks to piers. Dressed limestone voussoirs to segmental arches, having half-domed limestone U-cutwaters to upstream elevation. Stone reinforcement to embankment and weir to downstream.
Appraisal
This bridge is of solid lightly dressed stone construction, with finely executed stone details, the dressings to which were applied by skilled craftsmen. This bridge is a testament to the craftsmanship and engineering of its time.