Description

SESSAY CHURCH LANE
SE 47 SE
7/35 Bridge over Birdforth
Beck, approximately 60
metres to south-west of
Church of St Cuthbert
GV II
Road bridge. Probably medieval arch, otherwise mid C19. Rubble, with-ashlar
dressings and footings of large blocks of tooled stone. Shallow, double-chamfered
pointed arch, with 5 chamfered ribs to soffit; arch flanked by short, shallow
buttresses with offset tops and, outside these, narrower full-height offset
buttresses; above arch, on each side, an ogee-headed niche containing shield
depicting Dawnay and Pagot arms; parapet which has chamfered coping, rises up over
this to peak. Side walls terminate in wide quoined buttresses with offsets, except
for north-east wall which continues to join churchyard wall (qv).
Utley on North Riding Bridges: Bridges Book I, p 162 (held at North Yorkshire
Record Office).

Listing NGR: SE4639774678

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26485500

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (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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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)