Survey Data
Reg No
41401729
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1810 - 1830
Coordinates
256756, 320093
Date Recorded
30/05/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch skew bridge, built c.1820, carrying road over River Bunnoe. Segmental arch, with rock-faced rusticated sandstone voussoirs, and gunnelled soffit. Dressed stone abutments, splayed outwards to ends of walls. Ends of parapet walls curve outwards to meet ends of abutments. Roughly coursed rubble stone to spandrel and parapet walls, dressed stone copings to parapets.
Appraisal
This bridge fulfills an important function in carrying the road over the River Bunnoe and represents the development of the road network in the early nineteenth century, as well as the technological advancements which allowed this bridge to be built on a skew. Although it is not clearly visible from the road, it is elegant and well executed, with excellent detailing and its arch articulated by rock-faced rusticated stone voussoirs and flanked by curved parapet walls.