Description

SK24459157 BRADFIELD BRADFIELD DALE

SK29SW Byewash Bridge at
Dale Dike Reservoir
8/19
II

Bridge. Erected c 1870. Cast iron, gritstone abutments and piers.
Three equal-span 3-centred arches springing from imposts on stone abutments and
2 elongated octagonal piers. Piers have moulded plinth and cap. Cast iron
arches have quaterfoil-decorated open spandrels and shield motif to centre of
each span. Square, decorated cast iron pillars above the central piers support
simple railings with 3 intermediate standards to each span. Each end flanked
by heavy square columns with pyramidal cap and coped ashlar wing walls, One
of the most decorative works of the Sheffield Water Corporation who reconstructed
this reservoir between 1867 - 1875 after the disastrous Dale Dyke Reservoir
collapse of 1864.

Listing NGR: SK2445791567

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26486380

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)