Description

TEWKESBURY

SO83SE GLOUCESTER ROAD
859-1/2/179 Swilgate Bridge

II

Road bridge over stream. 1635, repaired 1750, widened and
raised 1756 and 1827. Sandstone, brick, concrete.
A single arch bridge carrying the principal road from
Gloucester to Tewkesbury (turnpiked in the mid C18) with a
central section of good cut stone vaulting, but extended on
both sides with splayed brick abutments, and some filling and
stabilising in concrete.
The horizontal parapets have heavy sandstone weathered copings
and quoins, and are extended at the S end by 2 bays of simple
railing with 2 supporters. On the upstream side a central
keystone to the brick arch carries the date 1827. There is a
Bench Mark on the downstream parapet.
An early structure, pre-dating the turnpike road, which
originally forked to the W, to Lower Lode, just beyond this
bridge, before being brought to its present S alignment.
Formerly known as Holm Bridge, and mentioned as such in 1540;
said to have been a drawbridge until its rebuilding in stone
in 1635. It is probable that the central stone span is of this
date.
(Victoria County History: Gloucestershire: London: 1968-:
115).

Listing NGR: SO8885232223

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569459

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990