Survey Data
Reg No
30412311
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
148003, 204394
Date Recorded
04/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Double-arch limestone bridge, built c.1840, carrying road over Turra River. Round arches with tooled voussoirs. Coursed dressed walls with some render, curved parapet walls to road. Square-plan pier abutments. U-cutwaters with rendered string course and domed tops. Soffits gunnelled.
Appraisal
The graceful curve of the parapet walls to this bridge echo the well proportioned arches and is further complemented by the smooth lines of the cutwaters with their skilfully completed string course. The bridge is a testament to the architectural imagination of nineteenth century civil engineering.