Palladian Bridge Approximately 90 Metres North-east of Scampston Hall

PALLADIAN BRIDGE APPROXIMATELY 90 METRES NORTH-EAST OF SCAMPSTON HALL

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1175313
Date first listed:
10-Oct-1966
Statutory Address:
PALLADIAN BRIDGE APPROXIMATELY 90 METRES NORTH-EAST OF SCAMPSTON HALL
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1175313
Date first listed:
10-Oct-1966
Date of most recent amendment:
14-Dec-1987
Statutory Address 1:
PALLADIAN BRIDGE APPROXIMATELY 90 METRES NORTH-EAST OF SCAMPSTON HALL

Location

Statutory Address:
PALLADIAN BRIDGE APPROXIMATELY 90 METRES NORTH-EAST OF SCAMPSTON HALL

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

District:
North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Scampston
National Grid Reference:
SE8658275594

Details

1466/4/51
SE 87 NE
10.10.1966

SCAMPSTON
SCAMPSTON HALL ESTATE
Palladian Bridge approximately 90 metres north-east of Scampston Hall (formerly listed as Bridge in Scampston Park)

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Incorrectly shown on Ordnance Survey map as Palladium Bridge. Bridge and garden pavilion. c1775. By Lancelot 'Capability' Brown for Sir William St Quintin, 5th Baronet. Bridge of tooled sandstone. Pavilion of orange-red brick in stretcher bond, with timber columns, cast-iron railings and slate roof. Triple-span bridge carrying T-shaped, 3-bay pavilion, built over the beck at rear. Bridge has segmental arches of voussoirs between pilaster piers. Moulded cornice, breaking forward over pilasters, forms edge to pavilion floor. Pavilion has pairs of Ionic columns over bridge pilasters, with a frieze of wheatear festoons and drops interrupted by paterae over the columns. Moulded dentilled cornice carries a pediment over centre bay with a duck acroterion. Balustrade of square-section railings halved by rosettes. Hipped roof. Rear: 1-storey, 3 bays, centre bay projecting on shallow segmental arch. Centre bay has lunette window in recessed blind arch, over impost band, returned at each end. Door of 6 raised and fielded panels in right return. Flanking bays blank. Raised dentilled eaves band to centre bay, and boxed eaves to side bays. Centre bay roof hipped.

Listing NGR: SE8658275594

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Legacy System number:
329391
Legacy System:
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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 32 North Yorkshire,

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Ordnance survey map of Palladian Bridge Approximately 90 Metres North-east of Scampston Hall

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