BARNARD CASTLE BRIDGE (THAT PART IN BARNARD CASTLE CIVIL PARISH) AND ATTACHED WALL TO SOUTH EAST
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1201056
Date first listed: 24-Feb-1950
Statutory Address: BARNARD CASTLE BRIDGE (THAT PART IN BARNARD CASTLE CIVIL PARISH) AND ATTACHED WALL TO SOUTH EAST, BRIDGEGATE
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Location
Statutory Address: BARNARD CASTLE BRIDGE (THAT PART IN BARNARD CASTLE CIVIL PARISH) AND ATTACHED WALL TO SOUTH EAST, BRIDGEGATE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Barnard Castle
National Grid Reference: NZ 04812 16389
Details
BARNARD CASTLE
NZ0416SE BRIDGEGATE
770-1/5/6 (West side)
24/02/50 Barnard Castle Bridge (that part in
Barnard Castle CP) and attached wall
to SE
GV I
Bridge over River Tees, formerly on boundary between the
counties of Durham and Yorkshire, with adjoining wall and
retaining wall along Bridgegate. Probably C14; repaired in
1596 according to re-set inscription: `1596 ER' said to have
come from bridge and now in adjoining south-east wall on
approach to Bridgegate. Parapets repaired after 1771 flood.
Ashlar.
4 wide ribs to each of 2 pointed arches with 3 offsets
flanking pointed cutwater; road-bed rises to highest point
over eastern arch. Pedestrian refuges over cutwater, that
downstream with inscription Y N R for Yorkshire North Riding,
since this was the boundary between the counties until 1974.
Squinches at north-west and south-east external corners have
been renewed.
Retaining wall to river bank below Bridgegate has large, wide,
pointed relieving arch, possibly associated with the Castle
above (qv).
See also Startforth CP.
(Austin D: Barnard Castle (English Heritage Official guide
book): London: 1988-: 35).
Listing NGR: NZ0481516389
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 388635
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Austin, D , Official Guide to Barnard Castle Durham, (1988), 35
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing