Description

BLACKAWTON MILLCOMBE
SX84NW Millcombe Bridge
5/35
II

Road bridge over stream (The Gara). Probably C17, widened in C18 and again
in C19.
Local slate rubble with dressed slate arch-ring. Small single span bridge.
The upstream west side had dressed slate segmental arch on straight jambs
with chamfered imposts. The east downstream side had a similar arch but
built of stone rubble and the jambs have no imposts. There is a small flood
arch to the north with a corbelled arch. Parapets with concrete coping.
Judging from the masonry joints under the arch it seems that the original
brick at the centre was a narrow pack-horse bridge which was widened on the
west upstream side probably in the C19 and on the downstream side sometime
in the C19. The floodarch was built when the C18 on the west side.

Listing NGR: SX8027349900

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26456832

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (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