Description

SU 84SE TILFORD C.P. TILFORD STREET

4/111 Bridge over the River Wey
9/3/60 to North East side of Green

GV I

Bridge. C13, probably built by the Monks of Waverley Abbey. Local rubble-stone with
thin slabs forming voussoirs of arches; C20 wooden posts and rails above. 6 arches
remaining, a seventh arch buried in the bank and now marked by a cutwater and buttress,
the arches increase in height and span to the centre. Arch to right hand side elliptical
and brick edged. "Keeled" ie diamond shaped cutwaters to upstream side, rounded cutwaterE
over keeled plinths to downstream side. One of a series of bridges built over the Wey
by the Monks and an important feature on the Village Green. The bridge is a scheduled
Ancient Monument: Surrey Ancient Monument No. 141. RESEARCH VOLUME OF THE SURREY
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOC. No. 1 (1974): The River Wey Bridges between Farnham and Gilford.
Article by D. F. Renn F.S.A. pp.75-83.

PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) pp.408-9
V.C.H. VOL II p.593.

Listing NGR: SU8738643449

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17527807

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)