Description

SU 1414 FORDINGBRIDGE BRIDGE STREET

15/14 Road bridge over
30.9.64 River Avon
(Formerly listed as ridge
GV over River Avon)
II*
Road bridge. C14 or C15, widened c1841, refaced 1901, cantilevered
footway added to one side c1960. Ironstone, widened and refaced in
Chilmark stone. 7 arch bridge with rising approaches at each end.
Bridge consists of inner chamfered medieval arches, outside them, on
each side large spurs added to support outer C19 chamfered depressed
pointed arches. Above raised string at road level and parapet with
weathered coping. Each end of bridge parapet is octagonal pier with
heavy cap and corbel below on outside. Approaches have stone retaining
walls with similar parapet butting pier. On N side is late C20 walkway
on concrete cantilevers built into C19 widening.

Listing NGR: SP1132418374

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535076

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)