Description

BUCKINGHAM

SP6933 BRIDGE STREET
879-1/6/12 London Bridge and causeway to north
03/04/73
(Formerly Listed as:
BRIDGE STREET
London Bridge)

GV II

Bridge. c1805. Coursed squared limestone and limestone ashlar.
3 elliptical arches with double keystones, and paterae to
spandrels. Piers have plinths and cutwaters either side.
Panelled, stone-coped parapets of ashlar with raised band to
base. Relief of the Swan of Buckingham to centre of upstream
side. Coat of arms of the Marquis of Buckingham in Coade stone
to centre of downstream side. The coat of arms, complete with
supporters and marquis' coronet, has the impressed mark COADE
& SEELY LAMBETH and is dated 1805. Causeway to N end is of
coursed rubble with stone coping and one small
segmental-headed arch near bridge end.
The bridge was erected largely at the expense of the 1st
Marquis of Buckingham as part of a new southern approach to
the town.

Listing NGR: SP6970133823

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497085

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)