Description

ST23SE GOATHURST CP
HALSWELL PARK

7/45 Ornamental bridge with flanking
half-figures at NGR ST 2505 3395

II

Ornamental bridge with flanking half-figures. C18. Ashlar. Two semi- circular archways to each side of central
projecting bow. Rear parapet of bridge raised up to form a shallow semi-circular headed niche, vermiculated key and
imposts; to each side of this central feature a lower wall terminating with a statuesque female half-figure, one of
which has fallen and lies nearby at time of re-survey (February 1985). Front parapet renewed in concrete block, mid
C20. (Pevsner N., Buildings of England, South and West Somerset, 1958; Country Life, Nov. 21, 1908; Collinson, Somerset
I, 1791; VCH, Somerset II, 1911; Garden History, V, 3, 1977; Jones B., Follies and Grottoes, 1974).

Listing NGR: ST2503533891

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628660

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