Whitchurch Bridge
WHITCHURCH BRIDGE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1261775
- Date first listed:
- 02-Jun-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Whitchurch Bridge
- Statutory Address:
- WHITCHURCH BRIDGE
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-09-08
- Reference:
- IOE01/05127/23
- Rights:
- © Mrs Patsy Perrin. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1261775
- Date first listed:
- 02-Jun-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Whitchurch Bridge
- Statutory Address 1:
- WHITCHURCH BRIDGE
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:
- WHITCHURCH BRIDGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Whitchurch-on-Thames
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 63616 76833
Details
SU67NW
472-0/8/10003
The following buildings shall be added:-
WHITCHURCH
Whitchurch Bridge
GV
II
Road bridge over River Thames. 1902, to the designs of Joseph Morris; built by Cleveland
Bridge and Engineering Company Ltd. Steel lattice-girder construction, offour spans; the three
piers comprising pairs of steel posts, with diagonal bracing between, support the carriageway,
which is on transverse beams and steel jack-arches. The parapets are the lattice-girders. Red
brick abutments with stone dressings and terminal piers. NOTE: The first bridge was built in
timber in 1792, by Act of Parliament, to the designs of John Treacher, surveyor to the Thames
Commissioners. It was a toll bridge and its original tollhouse [qv] still exists. The bridge was
rebuilt in wood in 1852 and again in 1902, in steel. SOURCES: [1] Colvin, H., A
Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1660-1840. [2] Company of Proprietors of
Whitchurch Bridge, A Short History of Whitchurch Bridge, [08/01/1995].
Listing NGR: SU6361676833
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 436724
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Colvin, H M, A Biographical Dictionary of English Architects 1600-1840, (1954)
Company of Proprietors of Whitchurch Bridge, , A Short History of Whitchurch Bridge, (1995)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 12-Jun-2026 at 07:55:38.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.