Description

SE13NW BINGLEY BECKFOOT LANE
(west side)

6/47 Bridge approx 15m
24.10.74 north of Beck foot
Farmhouse (formerly
listed as bridge over
the Howden Beck)(rear
of Beckfoot Farm)

GV II

Pack-horse bridge. c1723. Hammer-dressed stone, single segmental
arch with well dressed voussoirs set back from overhanging parapet
with added wooden railings. The Parish Constable's Account for
January 7, 1723 records the payment of £10 to Benja. Craven and
Josa Scott, masons " for building a Stone Bridge ovr Howden Beck at
Beckfoot. In consideracon whereof ye said Benja. Craven and Joshua
Scott doe hereby promise joyfully and severally to uphold and keep
the sd Bridge in good and sufficient repair during the terme of seaven
years from the day hereof, as witness our hands the day and year above sd".

Illustrated in Country Life, August 29, 1957, p399.

Listing NGR: SE1050538452

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Beckfoot Bridge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4878698

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Recommended Books

• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback