Aspenden Bridge (Over River Rib)
ASPENDEN BRIDGE (OVER RIVER RIB), ASPENDEN ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101361
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Aspenden Bridge (Over River Rib)
- Statutory Address:
- ASPENDEN BRIDGE (OVER RIVER RIB), ASPENDEN ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101361
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Aspenden Bridge (Over River Rib)
- Statutory Address 1:
- ASPENDEN BRIDGE (OVER RIVER RIB), ASPENDEN ROAD
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.
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:
- ASPENDEN BRIDGE (OVER RIVER RIB), ASPENDEN ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Buntingford
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 36339 28549
Details
TL 32NE ASPENDEN ASPENDEN ROAD
4/2 Aspenden Bridge (over River Rib) -
- II
Road bridge over River Rib. Plaque on SE parapet wall reads 'ASPENDEN BRIDGE/BUILT BY/PRIVATE SUBSCRIPTION/AD1878/W WATSON ESQ.' Red brick abuttments supporting parallel iron I-beams as deck with jack arches and tie-rods between beams. 4-bay trellis open work iron balustrade, with short brick parapet walls over the abuttments with blue brick and stone copings. Projecting ramped wing walls in red brick along sides of river rebuilt c1983. Large cast iron plaque on NE parapet giving notice of weight restriction by the County Council dated 1899, No '256'. (Branch Johnson (1970) 162).
Listing NGR: TL3633928549
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 159707
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Branch Johnson, W, The Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire, (1970), 162
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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