History

The bridge was designed by Thomas Penson, County architect and surveyor, following an order to enlarge the bridge made in August 1795, and work was apparently undertaken after June 1797. It is sited slightly upstream from the bridge which it replaced.

Exterior

Built of local shale rubble. A single semi-circular arch formed with regular sized voussoirs and a square cut regulating course, providing a clear span of 16.2m, the arch rising 7.65m above water level. Flush parapets rise to a slightly cambered square cut string course, and to the flush parapet above, which has a flush bullnosed gritstone coping, originally cramped together with iron. The sides are parallel, splaying out only at the ends to terminate in square piers, from which small curved walls return to the road margin. The bridge is 6.5m wide, providing a carriageway of 5.5m between the parapets. The retaining wall on the S side is slightly battered and a few copings have been replaced in concrete beyond the bridge at the S end.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a fine example of late C18 bridge construction, and of group value with the Crown Inn and outbuilding.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29480784

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)