Survey Data

Reg No

41400716


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Technical


Original Use

Bridge


In Use As

Bridge


Date

1780 - 1800


Coordinates

271895, 338760


Date Recorded

13/04/2012


Date Updated

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Description

Triple-arch road bridge, built c.1790, carrying road over Blackwater River. Round arches with cut limestone voussoirs, gunnelled soffits, V-shaped coursed rubble limestone cut-waters with rubble stone capping to piers. Recent cement reinforcements to arches and abutments. Coursed rubble limestone to spandrel and parapet walls.

Appraisal

The parapet walls of this bridge are visible from the winding approach road to the north, bringing an element of architectural interest to this rural landscape. Located near a former flax and corn mill, this bridge would have been important in enabling transport to and from the industrial site. That it is called after the mill suggests that it may have been purpose-built to serve it. Well-executed arches are testament to the skill of stonemasons involved in the construction of this bridge, and neatly cut voussoirs provide textual contrast to the rubble stone of the walls.