GARRET HOSTEL BRIDGE BETWEEN CLARE BRIDGE AND TRINITY BRIDGE ON THE CAM

GARRET HOSTEL BRIDGE BETWEEN CLARE BRIDGE AND TRINITY BRIDGE ON THE CAM, THE BACKS

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1119764
Date first listed:: 29-May-1998
List Entry Name:: GARRET HOSTEL BRIDGE BETWEEN CLARE BRIDGE AND TRINITY BRIDGE ON THE CAM
Statutory Address:: GARRET HOSTEL BRIDGE BETWEEN CLARE BRIDGE AND TRINITY BRIDGE ON THE CAM, THE BACKS

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Date:: 2005-06-07
Reference:: IOE01/13192/06
Rights:: © Mr Peter Soar. Source: Historic England Archive

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1119764
Date first listed:: 29-May-1998
List Entry Name:: GARRET HOSTEL BRIDGE BETWEEN CLARE BRIDGE AND TRINITY BRIDGE ON THE CAM
Statutory Address 1:: GARRET HOSTEL BRIDGE BETWEEN CLARE BRIDGE AND TRINITY BRIDGE ON THE CAM, THE BACKS

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: GARRET HOSTEL BRIDGE BETWEEN CLARE BRIDGE AND TRINITY BRIDGE ON THE CAM, THE BACKS

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Cambridgeshire
District:: Cambridge (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TL 44553 58508

Details

TL 45 NW CAMBRIDGE THE BACKS

20/10086 Garret Hostel Bridge, between Clare Bridge and Trinity Bridge on the Cam.

II

Footbridge over river. 1960. Timothy Morgan of Guy Morgan and Partners (architect). J.L. Kier & Co (engineer and contractor). Prestressed concrete structure (granite aggregate), bronze railings, reinforced concrete abutments faced with York stone. Two hinged arch of 8Oft span. Sixth bridge on site since 1455, replacing cast iron one of 1837. This bridge was presented to the city by the Trusted family who are connected with nearby Trinity Hall. The designer Timothy Morgan, who died in 1960, was an undergraduate at the School of Architecture. An attractive arching bridge with a keel-shaped underside, which elegantly frames a well-known view. "One of Cambridge's best post-war works of architecture" (Booth & Taylor). Henry D: Modern British Bridges: C R Books: 1965-; de Mare E: Bridges of Britain: Batsford: 1975-; Booth & Taylor: Cambridge New Architecture: 1964-).

Listing NGR: TL4455358508

Legacy

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Legacy System number:: 469293
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Booth, P , Taylor, N, Cambridge New Architecture, (1965)
De Mare, E, Bridges of Britain, (1975)
Henry, D, Jerome, J A, Modern British Bridges, (1965)

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.