Description

COLCHESTER, FORMER MB NORTH STATION
TL 9925 NW ROAD

1/10009 North Bridge

GV II

Road bridge. Plaque on west side shows that it was erected in 1843 when R R Dunn, MD was
mayor and a plaque on the east side commemorates the widening of the bridge by 17 feet 6 inches
by Henry H Elves, JP, Mayor on 22 October 1903. Cast iron bridge on substructure of brown brick
in flemish bond having 3 piers with pointed stone cutwaters. Three cambered cast iron arches with
blank spandrels and cast iron balustrading above of 11 sections with arched pattern and buttresses.
There are 2 dividing cast iron piers and the ends have cemented brick piers with tooled stone coping.
East side has attached flight of stone steps to riverside path with ornamental footscraper and handrail.
Approaches to the bridge have cemented revetments with stone coping and cast iron railings.

Listing NGR: TL9936725653

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26567889

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)