Wadesmill Bridge Over River Rib in Middle of Village
WADESMILL BRIDGE OVER RIVER RIB IN MIDDLE OF VILLAGE, CAMBRIDGE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1078710
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Wadesmill Bridge Over River Rib in Middle of Village
- Statutory Address:
- WADESMILL BRIDGE OVER RIVER RIB IN MIDDLE OF VILLAGE, CAMBRIDGE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1078710
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Wadesmill Bridge Over River Rib in Middle of Village
- Statutory Address 1:
- WADESMILL BRIDGE OVER RIVER RIB IN MIDDLE OF VILLAGE, CAMBRIDGE ROAD
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WADESMILL BRIDGE OVER RIVER RIB IN MIDDLE OF VILLAGE, CAMBRIDGE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Thundridge
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 35885 17456
Details
TL 3517 THUNDRIDGE CAMBRIDGE ROAD Wadesmill 9/10 Wadesmill Bridge over River Rib in middle of village
GV II
Roadbridqe over River Rib. 1824-5 by Mr Robson for Cheshunt Turnpike Trustees: contractors Brough & Smith of London. Grey/yellow brick with grey granite columns, string course, and haunched beams and reused limestone copings. 31 feet wide, with 2 semi-circular arches of 25 foot span, resting centrally on a row of 6 unfluted Greek Doric columns, each of 2 drums of grey granite, with an angled haunching of granite at the springing of each arch. The river is at a slight angle to the road and a projecting plain brick dripcourse over the 18 inch arch rings obscures any irregularity on the side faces. A stepped pilaster buttress marks each abbutment and a slightly out-curved brick wall, topped by a brick parapet over the granite string course, extends to a square landward pier at each corner. The chamfered stone coping and pier cappings were probably reused from the 1767 repairs to the previous bridge. The original iron latticed side rails to the central spans were replaced to a simpler pattern after being damaged in 1966. An unusual Neo-Classical design. Branch Johnson notes that it is one of the best bridges in the county (Branch Johnson (1970) 113).
Listing NGR: TL3588517456
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 356001
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Branch Johnson, W, The Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire, (1970), 113
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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