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Latitude: 51.5375 / 51°32'15"N
Longitude: -0.9007 / 0°54'2"W
OS Eastings: 476342
OS Northings: 182644
OS Grid: SU763826
Mapcode National: GBR C4S.F46
Mapcode Global: VHDWG.BMQ5
Plus Code: 9C3XG3QX+2P
Entry Name: Henley Bridge
Listing Date: 25 January 1951
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1369131
English Heritage Legacy ID: 246180
ID on this website: 101369131
Location: Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire, RG9
County: Oxfordshire
District: South Oxfordshire
Civil Parish: Henley-on-Thames
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Berkshire
Church of England Parish: Henley-on-Thames
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: Road bridge
HART STREET
Henley Bridge
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The following should be added to the description:
The S. retaining wall of the E. abutment is built in part on the intact easternmost
span of the original C12 bridge. This has a segmental vault of shuttered flint
rubble masonry with Barnack stone dressings. The arch on the S. is of two square
orders; that on the North is probably similar but is partially obscured by a C18
blocking wall. This bridge was probably built by Henry II in the 1170s; in 1179 it
was recorded that he 'had bought land in Henley for making buildings' (K A Rodwell
(ed), Historic Towns in Oxfordshire (1974), 125). Also included in the statutory
list for the Parish of Remenham in the Wokingham District Council SU 78 SE 1/6.
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1. HART STREET
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Henley Bridge
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1786. Designed by William Hayward who died in 1782, before work started.
Keystones of Thamesis and Isis carved by sculptress Mrs Damer, daughter
of General Conway of Park Place and cousin of Horace Walpole. Stone,
5 arches with rusticated treatment to base of interval piers. Dentil
cornice below balustrade which bears metal lamposts. Fluted plinths with
4 cherubs heads. 4 sided lamps. Metal plaque at each end of bridge instructing
drivers of "engines".
No 52 and the Angel Hotel form a group with St Marys Church, The Red Lion
Hotel and Stables and No 18 Thameside with Henley Bridge at this entrance
into the town.
Listing NGR: SU7634282644
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