Survey Data
Reg No
20900104
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
141627, 121297
Date Recorded
30/08/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Five-arch limestone road bridge over River Deel, built c. 1800, with round-headed arches of roughly coursed limestone construction, outer arches now disused. Roughly dressed limestone coping to parapets walls, with cut limestone voussoirs to arches and cut limestone V-cutwaters to south elevation, concrete reinforcement to piers and concrete V-cutwaters to north elevation.
Appraisal
The simple elegant form of this road bridge is much enhanced by the textural and chromatic variation created by the dressed stone walls and cut limestone voussoirs. This bridge is a reminder of the engineering achievements and the quality of local craftsmanship in the early nineteenth century.