Description

SK 27 NW PARISH OF FROGGATT
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29.9.51 Froggatt Bridge (formerly
GV listed as Froggatt Old Bridge)
II

Road bridge. Late C17, the major part then refashioned in mid-C19. An asymmetrical
structure of two unequal spans, the earlier lower arch semi-circular, and separated
by a pointed cutwater from the later wider pointed arch to the north east. Coursed
and ashlar gritstone, the later work rockfaced with chamfered rustication. A
dentilled band course to the heads of the arches, and above a parapet of rusticated
masonry with deep horizontal channelling. The faces of the arch stones of the
pointed arch are also deeply channelled. Chamfered massive ashlar copings to parapet,
ending in low square piers with shallow pyramidal caps. Also a Scheduled Ancient
Monument. See also Stoke Parish.

Listing NGR: SK2437376076

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)