Description

SE21SE WEST BRETTON PARK ROAD
(south side, off)

8/95 Bridge over the Cut
- (east end) in Bretton
Park.

GV II

Bridge. Probably early to mid C19 for Col. Thomas Richard and Diana
Beaumont. Ashlar. Hump-backed bridge of 3 round arches, the centre one the
largest, each with a small moulding and decorative frieze. Triangular
cutwaters. Vermiculated panels at the springing of the arches and similar
oval panels in the spandrels. A band decorated with a Vitruvian scroll motif
forms the base of the parapet. The original vase-balustrade has been
replaced by a simple steel railing, though the intermediate piers survive.
At each end the bridge splays to terminate in squat octagonal piers each
surmounted by a large urn with a fluted base of gadrooned cap.

Listing NGR: SE2898712598

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428848

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]