Description

This asset was previously listed twice also at List Entry 1099494. That entry was removed from the List on 18 December 2023.

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18 December 2023 to correct typo, remove references to duplicate list entry, remove text duplicated from Selected Sources and to reformat text to current standards.

WHITNEY ON WYE CP

SO 24 NE

5/113

B 4350

Whitney Toll Bridge

12.3.81

[formerly listed as Toll Bridge and Toll House]

GV

II

Toll bridge across River Wye. Circa 1780, part rebuilt 1797, for Tomkyns Dew, Lord of the Manor of Whitney, and part rebuilt by the Longfellows of Brecon and John Phillips of Hay. Part coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, part timber. Originally a bridge of five stone bays, the central three bays were destroyed by a flood and rebuilt in timber. Outer stone bays have elliptical archways, massive buttresses reinforcing the inner piers and are surmounted by tall plain parapets which are splayed at the ends. The central timber section consists of two double pontoons with cutwaters clad in open timberwork and timber braces to the underside of the roadway which has open railings on each side.

The Whitney Toll Bridge Act of 1780 authorised the building of a stone bridge across the Wye. Three bridges were destroyed by floodwater before an Act of 1796 authorised the rebuilding of the bridge in timber and stone. The Bridge is the only extant timber bridge on the River Wye.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26360952

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover