History

Marked on the Tithe Map of 1842. Probably a turnpike bridge of the late C18, but not included in the known list of County bridges. Mediaeval grave slabs have been reused in the copings of the parapets.

Exterior

A single-arch bridge about 6 m wide in local uncoursed slate masonry with sandstone voussoirs and string course. The arch spans about 20 m and is of slightly rusticated voussoirs about 500 mm deep, and there are keystones each side. The intrados surface is similarly rusticated.

The parapets are about 1 m high in uncoursed similar slate masonry, and turn out slightly at all four ends. Flat copings including (downstream) most of a stone carved with a cross within a circle; also (upstream) the other remnant of this stone plus another with a more complete cross and circle. When the Commissioners examined these stones in 1911 they searched for accompanying inscriptions but found none.

Reasons for Listing

A fine single arch turnpike bridge, with remnants of mediaeval carvings in the parapet copings.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29504581

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]