Survey Data
Reg No
30405401
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1890
Coordinates
112038, 244219
Date Recorded
04/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch stone road bridge, built c. 1870, comprising segmental arch with flanking battered buttresses. Elevations of bridge of coursed snecked limestone blocks, voussoirs are of rock-faced cut-stone blocks, soffit is of cut-stone blocks, abutments are of coursed rubble limestone blocks, soffit is of cut-stone blocks. Rock-faced copings to parapets. Tarmacadamed road surface over bridge with recent metal water pipe to east elevation.
Appraisal
This fine example of mid-nineteenth-century engineering is in a good state of preservation. The design is aesthetically pleasing with the contrast between the voussoirs and other parts of the bridge. The battered butresses are an important structural element and also contribute to the distinctive appearance of the bridge.