Description

Hurstbow Bridge etc, Hurst
15/270
10/270

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Hurstbow Bridge etc, Hurst
15/270
10/270

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ST4518 MARTOCK CP HURST

15/270 Hurstbow Bridge and the wing walls

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GV II

Road bridge over Hurst Brook. Rebuilt 1848 to designs of Richard Carver by George Pearse, local mason, using cast iron
members by Murch of Bridgwater. Ham stone and cast iron. Segmental arched cast iron ribs over single span, decorated
and with "March 1848" cast on outer faces; plain cast handrails above; ashlar wing walls, on the curve, to all 4
corners, with pyramidal caps to the piers abutting the bridge and circular curls at outer ends, the north east wing
longer than the remainder. Total cost of bridge and walls two hundred pounds. (D. J. Greenfield: The County Bridge
Papers: Article pp 27-30, Somerset Industrial Archaeological Journal No. 2, I977).

Listing NGR: ST4581718940

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26520781

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)