North Bridge on A4146 at Water End Over the River Gade
NORTH BRIDGE ON A4146 AT WATER END OVER THE RIVER GADE, LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD A4146
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101236
- Date first listed:
- 22-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- North Bridge on A4146 at Water End Over the River Gade
- Statutory Address:
- NORTH BRIDGE ON A4146 AT WATER END OVER THE RIVER GADE, LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD A4146
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101236
- Date first listed:
- 22-Oct-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 19-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- North Bridge on A4146 at Water End Over the River Gade
- Statutory Address 1:
- NORTH BRIDGE ON A4146 AT WATER END OVER THE RIVER GADE, LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD A4146
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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:
- NORTH BRIDGE ON A4146 AT WATER END OVER THE RIVER GADE, LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD A4146
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Dacorum (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Gaddesden
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 03652 10538
Details
GREAT GADDESDEN LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD (A4146) TL 0310 10/130 North Bridge on A4146 22.10.52 at Water End over the River Gade (Formerly listed as Two bridges over River Gade) GV II
Road bridge over River Gade. Circa 1800 when road realigned (Branch Johnson (1970) 113), restored and parapet raised 2 courses 1976 by Herts County Council. Red brick with random black headers in English-bond with stone string courses and copings to parapet. A long narrow bridge, slightly humped to centre, of 3 pointed arches, 4 brick cutwaters, and brick parapets splaying out at ends and terminating in octagonal brick piers. The bridge has not been widened and differs from the widened South Bridge (q.v.) in having brick cappings to the cutwaters and having its moulded stone string at road level extended along the abutment walls to the terminal piers. It also has 3 moulded circular cast iron tie-rod plates over each arch. There is a chamfered brick rib just within the mouth of each arch. A chamfered stone offset to the plinth provides the springing for the arches. Plinths linked by a weir near the upstream side where water level is just below this stone offset. (Branch Johnson (1970): inf County Surveyor's Dept).
Listing NGR: TL0365210538
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 157909
- 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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