Description

HUMBERSIDE
GLANFORD
5264

SE 91 NE HORKSTOW BRIDGE LANE
(west end)

7/39 Horkstow Suspension
Bridge
25.9.79
GV II*

Suspension bridge. 1834-5 by Sir John Rennie, engineer; Messrs John and
Edward Walker of Gospel Oak Ironworks, Tipton, Staffordshire, ironfounders,
for the Commissioners of the Ancholme Drainage and Navigation. Wrought iron
bridge with cast iron fittings, timber decking and rusticated ashlar
structural masonry with smooth-faced ashlar dressings. Overall length
70.75 metres (232 ft), span of chains 40.75 metres (133 ft 9 ins). Ashlar
suspension towers built into the sloping riverbanks; each has plinths and
tapering pilastered piers flanking a recessed keyed elliptical arch with a
moulded cornice and blocking course above. Rectangular chain ancorage
blocks at each side have plinths and caps. Two main chains of composite
bolted wrought iron links to each side, with vertical suspension rods from
each link supporting transverse timber bearers for the plank deck. Later
railings of 3 iron or steel strips clamped to suspension rods. A well-
preserved and elegantly designed example of an early suspension bridge, the
only known example by Sir John Rennie and one of the earliest unaltered
suspension bridges in the country. M J T Lewis, 'Horkstow Bridge',
Lincolnshire Industrial Archaeology, Vol 8, no 1, 1973, 2-9.

Listing NGR: SE9735618998

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Horkstow Bridge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5903690

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)