Description

NZ 11 SW WYCLIFFE WITH THORPE WHORLTON

7/200 Whorlton Suspension
Bridge, over the
19.1.52 River Tees

II*

Suspension road bridge, 1829-31 by John and Benjamin Green. Rock-faced piers,
tooled-and-margined stone pylons. Wood-planked roadway; wrought-iron
suspension chains and links. Single span of almost 53 metres. Battered
rectangular-plan piers rising from massive plinth to a double blocking
course. Each pier carries 2 battered corniced pylons, flanking roadway,
and supporting blocks through which the double suspension chains pass.
Roadway, 10 metres above river, has plain railings, continued to octagonal
end piers with corniced caps, except to north-west where railings join toll
house.

Rare example of an unaltered early C19 suspension bridge.

Partly in Whorlton parish.

Listing NGR: NZ1066614563

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair