Water Orton Bridge (That Part In Water Orton Civil Parish) / Bridge (Over River Tame) (The Part In Meriden Rural District)

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

WATER ORTON MINWORTH ROAD SP19SE Water Orton 4/108 Water Orton Bridge (that part 08/09/61 in Water Orton C.P.) (Formerly listed as Bridge (over River Tame) (the part in Meriden R.D.)) - II Road bridge. Circa 1520 for Bishop Veysey of Exeter, with later alterations. Red sandstone ashlar. 6 semi-circular arches spanning the River Tame. V-shaped cutwaters continued upwards to form refuges at parapet level. Draining spouts above the two centre arches conducted water off the bridge. Plain parapet largely rebuilt in the C19.

(Buildings of England: Warwickshire: p466; VCH: Warwickshire: Vol IV, (1965), p262)

Listing NGR: SP1740991419

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2179 IOE Records taken by R J Wheeler; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr R. J Wheeler. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project