Bridge at SY 6924 7330
BRIDGE AT SY 6924 7330, NEW GROUND
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1205878
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-1978
- Statutory Address:
- BRIDGE AT SY 6924 7330, NEW GROUND
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- Date:
- 2001-07-02
- Reference:
- IOE01/04605/14
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1205878
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-1978
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-May-1993
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRIDGE AT SY 6924 7330, NEW GROUND
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BRIDGE AT SY 6924 7330, NEW GROUND
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Portland
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 69240 73303
Details
PORTLAND
SY6873 NEW GROUND, Yeates 969-1/3/189 Bridge at SY 6924 7330 21/09/78 (Formerly Listed as: VERNE ROAD Four Bridges over former Merchant's Tramway SW of the Verne's S entrance)
GV II
Road bridge over former mineral tramway. Dated 1882. Heavy squared rock-faced stone. Segmental arch to rusticated quoins and keystone on plain internal abutments to high offset plinth. Heavy square-edged weathered parapet, and short stopped pilaster ends. Inner face of parapet, to road, in dressed stone. North face has short curved and raked abutments. Roadway c 3m wide, parapets c 10m long. One of three close-set bridges over the former tramway taking stone from the quarries on Tophill to the harbour, and of interest as a reminder of the C19 industrial activity of the quarries on the island, when rail and tramways were an important aspect of the transport system.
Listing NGR: SY6924073303
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 381993
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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