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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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)