Survey Data
Reg No
14308001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
276474, 279245
Date Recorded
20/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch road bridge, built c.1800. Rock-faced snecked limestone walls, with rock faced voussoirs and ashlar copings. Two blocked arches of earlier bridge to north.
Appraisal
The rock-faced limestone used for the construction of this bridge is of well executed dressed blocks, which are clearly the work of skilled craftsmen. The river may originally have been wider at this point as there is evidence for two arches of an earlier bridge to the north. The long parapet walls leading to the bridge create a sense of anticipation.