Description

TQ2987SW ARCHWAY ROAD
635-1/6/40 Archway Bridge
29/09/72
(Formerly Listed as:
ARCHWAY ROAD
Highgate Archway (that part in the
London Borough of Islington))

II

Bridge carrying Hornsey Lane over Archway Road, and designed
to replace a bridge of brick and stone construction designed
in 1813 by John Nash. Dated 1897 in panel at crown of arch,
and completed 1900. By Sir Alexander Binnie, for London County
Council. Portland stone, steel and iron. Portland stone piers
to either side with splayed bases having vermiculated quoins,
the body of the piers rusticated and vermiculated.
Segmental-arched span of 120 feet, of steel and cast-iron
construction with ropemouldings to archivolt and circular
ornament and arabesques in the spandrels; modillion cornice.
Balustrade of Portland stone piers to either end, carrying
cast iron lamp standards of the type designed by Lewis
Vulliamy for the Thames Embankment in the 1860s, with the
initials of the LCC on the south-eastern and north-western
lamps, and the date 1897 on the other pair; smaller central
piers, now painted, with lamp standards flanked by griffins;
intermediate piers surmounted by ball and spike finials with
spiked rail between; the cast-iron panels between with wheel
motifs and scrolling ornament.
(Historians' file, English Heritage London Division).

Listing NGR: TQ2911987390

The asset was previously listed twice also in the London Borough of Haringey. This entry was removed from the List on 25 July 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499817

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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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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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)