Survey Data
Reg No
20908514
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
Date
1830 - 1870
Coordinates
161720, 66945
Date Recorded
10/06/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch sandstone bridge, built c.1850, carrying railway over road. Currently disused. Dressed piers flanking segmental-arch with cut limestone voussoirs and impost course. Dressed sandstone to soffit. Dressed sandstone spandrels and parapets having dressed limestone coping stones, tooled limestone stringcourse to base of parapet.
Appraisal
This bridge is a fine example and important part of a group of related railway bridges in the area. Its form and materials are characteristic of railway bridges of its time, demonstrating excellent engineering and skilled masonry.