Description

TOLL BRIDGE ROAD
656-1/22/1685 North side)

Bathampton Toll Bridge

(Formerly Listed as:
LONDON ROAD WEST (South side)
Bathampton Toll Bridge)
11/08/72

GV II

Toll bridge. 1872. by Hickes and Isaac.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar.
EXTERIOR: Eight pointed arches, two to left and three to right over riverbanks smaller, three larger ones to left of centre span River Avon. Both groups of smaller arches flanked by narrow, deep offset buttresses with pitched tops. Central arch flanked by buttresses gabled to each facet. Outer sides of coped parapets have recessed circular panels around pierced trefoils, inner facades without panels. A romantically designed but commercially underpinned toll bridge, clearly medieval in inspiration, spanning the northern reaches of the Avon.

Listing NGR: ST7745466992

The asset was previously listed twice also under List entry 1320555. This entry was removed from the List on 20 March 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Bathampton Toll Bridge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15978892

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings