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Latitude: 52.987 / 52°59'13"N
Longitude: -1.8917 / 1°53'30"W
OS Eastings: 407365
OS Northings: 343298
OS Grid: SK073432
Mapcode National: GBR 37K.NK9
Mapcode Global: WHBD4.X5CY
Plus Code: 9C4WX4P5+Q8
Entry Name: White Bridge and attached wall and gate piers
Listing Date: 3 January 1967
Last Amended: 17 November 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1037870
English Heritage Legacy ID: 275091
ID on this website: 101037870
Location: Farley, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, ST10
County: Staffordshire
District: Staffordshire Moorlands
Civil Parish: Farley
Built-Up Area: Alton Park
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Alton St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
SK 0643-0743
12/96
FARLEY C.P.
ALTON PARK
White Bridge and attached wall and gate piers
(Formerly listed as Bridge in grounds at Alton Towers)
3/1/67
GV
II
Bridge, wall and gate piers. Early C19. Ashlar with edged herringbone tooling and smooth faced ashlar dressings. Bridge aligned north-south with wall attached to the south, returned to the west and terminating in gate piers. Bridge to the right, wall to the left. The bridge has single four-centred arch with moulded surround, balustrade with trefoil-headed arcading, painted white sweeping round to the front and terminating in stepped buttresses; crenellated abutment to the left with round headed niche, ramped down to a pedestalled buttress and attached wall partly with lobed top; the wall incorporates a four-centred archway with panelled pilasters and keystone and is terminated by a pair of square section piers with chamfered rustication and pyramidal caps. White Bridge and its attached wall and gate piers form a single architectural composition with the wall enclosing the Italian Garden to the north-west (q.v.).
This item forms part of the important garden layout at Alton Towers (q.v.) which is included at Grade I on the HBMC Gardens Register.
Listing NGR: SK0736543298
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