Description

SJ 3605-3705 MINSTERLEY C.P. MINSTERLEY
SJ 3745 0506

19/152 Minsterley Bridge
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GV II

Bridge. 1909, by A. T. Davis, County Surveyor. Reinforced concrete.
Single segmental span with panelled spandrels; chamfered string; each
parapet has a rounded coping and panelled rectangular piers with pyramidal
caps. Central blank panels on the outside of each parapet. The parapets
are angled back at each end. The bridge is an early example of reinforced
concrete construction and is of the portal frame type with the deck
rigidly attached to the abutments. The bridge carries the B 4387
Minsterley-Westbury road over a tributary of the Rea Brook. A plaque
said to be on the bridge and recording its date and designer was not
noted at the time of survey (September 1985). Anthony Blackwall,
Historic bridges of Shropshire, Shropshire Libraries and Highways and
Transport Department, Shropshire Country Council (1985), p. 83.

Listing NGR: SJ3744905066

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306827

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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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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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)