Description

NU 2410
20/7

ALNMOUTH
B 1338
(Alnmouth)

The Duchess' Bridge, over River Aln

II

Bridge, dated 1864. Rock-faced stone with rock-faced-and-margined voussoirs,
band and parapet. 4 segmental arches, reducing slightly in height from east
to west; bowed cutwaters with domed tops; impost band and chamfered band below
parapet, which has chamfered coping with iron clamps linking blocks. Parapets
and short wing walls have square end piers. Internal face of south parapet
has line of glinters and central cast-iron plate 'TO ELEANOR / DUCHESS OF
NORTHUMBERLAND / THE PUBLIC ARE CHIEFLY INDEBTED / FOR THIS STONE BRIDGE /
AND FOOTPATH TO THE STATION / A.D. MDCCLXIV'. On north side similar plate
with 'THE DUCHESS' BRIDGE 1864'.

Partly in Lesbury C.P.

Listing NGR: NU2435010830

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293777

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)