Description

SU67NW
472-0/8/10003

The following buildings shall be added:-

WHITCHURCH
Whitchurch Bridge

GV
II

Road bridge over River Thames. 1902, to the designs of Joseph Morris; built by Cleveland
Bridge and Engineering Company Ltd. Steel lattice-girder construction, offour spans; the three
piers comprising pairs of steel posts, with diagonal bracing between, support the carriageway,
which is on transverse beams and steel jack-arches. The parapets are the lattice-girders. Red
brick abutments with stone dressings and terminal piers. NOTE: The first bridge was built in
timber in 1792, by Act of Parliament, to the designs of John Treacher, surveyor to the Thames
Commissioners. It was a toll bridge and its original tollhouse [qv] still exists. The bridge was
rebuilt in wood in 1852 and again in 1902, in steel. SOURCES: [1] Colvin, H., A
Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1660-1840. [2] Company of Proprietors of
Whitchurch Bridge, A Short History of Whitchurch Bridge, [08/01/1995].

Listing NGR: SU6361676833

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Whitchurch Bridge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7994197

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)