Description

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5409 WILTON PARK
Palladian Bridge
SU 03 SE 1/1F 4.8.51.

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1736-1737. Completed by Roger Morris, as clerk of works. The design inspired
by Palladio's rejected design for the Rialto Bridge in Venice (inter alia),
adapted and supervised by Henry 9th Earl of Pembroke.
Covered bridge with 5 bay Ionic colonnade on balustraded parapet. End
pavilions with pedimented breaks on each face and arched openings. Pulvinated
frieze and modillion cornice. Approached on each side by balustraded stairs
leading to balustraded platforms.
Interior: arches into end pavilions with scroll keys. Enriched cornice and lozenge
pattern ceiling divisons.
Bridge stands on a central and 2 flanking arches in rusticated basement
with 2 further arches to carry stairs. Keystone of one of the arches marked
"J C 1737".

Listing NGR: SU0997530854

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529297

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)