Bridge From Abbey Precinct Across Road to Ampleforth Bank
BRIDGE FROM ABBEY PRECINCT ACROSS ROAD TO AMPLEFORTH BANK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1149605
- Date first listed:
- 09-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Bridge From Abbey Precinct Across Road to Ampleforth Bank
- Statutory Address:
- BRIDGE FROM ABBEY PRECINCT ACROSS ROAD TO AMPLEFORTH BANK
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- Date:
- 2001-01-17
- Reference:
- IOE01/03326/29
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1149605
- Date first listed:
- 09-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Bridge From Abbey Precinct Across Road to Ampleforth Bank
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRIDGE FROM ABBEY PRECINCT ACROSS ROAD TO AMPLEFORTH BANK
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:
- BRIDGE FROM ABBEY PRECINCT ACROSS ROAD TO AMPLEFORTH BANK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ampleforth
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 59861 78930
Details
AMPLEFORTH AMPLEFORTH ABBEY SE 57 NE
5/4 Bridge from Abbey Precinct across road to
9.9.85 Ampleforth Bank
The description shall be amended to read:
Footbridge. c1854, restored c1930. Rusticated limestone ashlar. Single span across road with second arch built into the slope of the bank, a further third arch formerly led down into the Abbey precinct, but this has been demolished. Stepped parapet, rebuilt at top c1930. The bridge post-dates a Royal Proclamation issued 15th June 1854 forbidding the wearing of Catholic vestments and ornaments in public, for the bridge was designed to link the abbey with the cemetery on Ampleforth Bank.
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AMPLEFORTH AMPLEFORTH ABBEY SE 57 NE
5/4 Bridge from abbey precinct across road to 9.9.85 Ampleforth Bank
GV II
Bridge. Probably early C19 in origin with later rebuilding. Rusticated limestone ashlar. Single span across road with a second arch built into the slope of the bank. Stepped parapet, rebuilt at top. In origin the bridge may pre-date the 1829 Catholic Emancipation Act, its purpose being to shield the monks from sight as they crossed the road.
Listing NGR: SE5986178930
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 329563
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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