Description

HOPTON WAFERS

SO6376 Hopton Court Bridge
582-1/10/138

GV II

Bridge for minor road over Hopton Brook. Late C18-early C19.
Brick and stone rubble.
Single round arch of 5.5 metre span on abutments rising 4.5
metres above the brook, with brick flanking buttresses. Stone
rubble side walls with 3 buttresses each side and splayed
approach walls. Brick central parapet with 2 brick string
courses. Stone rubble side parapets with the 2 string courses
continued in ashlar. Ashlar plain copings now mostly renewed
in concrete. Parapet and roadway probably raised.
Retaining walls on north-east side have brick-vaulted footway
under the road with ashlar segmental-arched openings.
(Blackwall A, E.R.D., C.eng., M.I.C.E., M.I.H.T.: Historic
Bridges of Shropshire: Shrewsbury: 1985-).

Listing NGR: SO6393376678

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663436

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