Marton Bridge

Marton Bridge, Oxford Road, Marton, Warwickshire

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A bridge, built in the C15 with later alterations, widened in the mid-C20. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1186049
Date first listed:: 06-Oct-1960
List Entry Name:: Marton Bridge
Statutory Address:: Marton Bridge, Oxford Road, Marton, Warwickshire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1186049
Date first listed:: 06-Oct-1960
Date of most recent amendment:: 25-Jan-2018
List Entry Name:: Marton Bridge
Statutory Address 1:: Marton Bridge, Oxford Road, Marton, Warwickshire

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:: Marton Bridge, Oxford Road, Marton, Warwickshire

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

County:: Warwickshire
District:: Rugby (District Authority)
Parish:: Frankton
County:: Warwickshire
District:: Rugby (District Authority)
Parish:: Marton
National Grid Reference:: SP4068269131

Summary

A bridge, built in the C15 with later alterations, widened in the mid-C20.

Reasons for Designation

Marton Bridge, dating from the C15 with alterations up to the late C20, is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:

Architectural interest:

* a substantial bridge with pointed cutwaters and neat details.

Historic interest:

* a bridge which originated in the C15, and whose evolution illustrates the changing nature of traffic over the period since it was built.

History

Marton Bridge was constructed in 1414 by John Middilton, a native of Marton who had become a mercer in London, replacing the previous toll bridge. It was extensively repaired around 1625 and again in 1661. Documentary research has identified nine phases of construction, from the C15 to the late C20. During 2000, the western approach was canted to the north, re-using the old materials, to conform better with the road; and more recently the bridge was widened on the downstream side by the addition of one flat concrete span, and the western approach canted still farther to the north.

Details

A bridge over the River Leam, built in the C15 with later alterations, widened in the mid-C20, altered and partly reconstructed in 2000.

MATERIALS: sandstone ashlar.

DESCRIPTION: the bridge has long approaches, with two spans over the river and a flood-arch to either side. It is built of sandstone ashlar with segmental-pointed arches of two splayed orders over the stream, the splays dying out on the cutwater and on the abutments, which have been splayed to correspond with the cutwater. The flood-arches, which are similar to those across the stream, have been treated in the same manner by splaying their abutments. The low parapet wall shows evidence of periodic rebuilding, to the west side partly in red brick.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 308716
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Salzman, L F (Ed.), A History of the County of Warwick: Volume VI, Knightlow Hundred, (1951), 170-3
Websites
Warwickshire Historic Environment Record MWA3151: Marton Bridge, accessed 03 August 2017 from http://timetrail.warwickshire.gov.uk/detail.aspx?monuid=WA3151#images

Legal

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