Heyford Bridge That Part in the Parish of Lower Heyford
HEYFORD BRIDGE THAT PART IN THE PARISH OF LOWER HEYFORD, B4030
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1266350
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Heyford Bridge That Part in the Parish of Lower Heyford
- Statutory Address:
- HEYFORD BRIDGE THAT PART IN THE PARISH OF LOWER HEYFORD, B4030
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1266350
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Heyford Bridge That Part in the Parish of Lower Heyford
- Statutory Address 1:
- HEYFORD BRIDGE THAT PART IN THE PARISH OF LOWER HEYFORD, B4030
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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:
- HEYFORD BRIDGE THAT PART IN THE PARISH OF LOWER HEYFORD, B4030
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Lower Heyford
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 47859 24764
Details
LOWER HEYFORD B4030 SP42SE 5/42 Heyford Bridge: that part in 26/11/51 the parish of Lower Heyford (Formerly listed as Heyford Bridge over River Cherwell (that part in Ploughley R.D.)) GV II*
River bridge. Probably C14, altered C17 and widened C19. Coursed squared limestone with some ashlar dressings and some brick repair. Western end of bridge, spanning the main branch of the River Cherwell, has 4 pointed medieval arches, 2 of which retain chamfered ashlar ribs and have added brick linings, but the westernmost arch has no ribs and has C19 outer voussoirs, and the next arch was reduced to half its original span in the C17; between the arches are shallow buttresses, and on either side of the river are square piers rising from triangular buttresses. The bridge extends for approximately 190 metres across the valley, the remainder forming a causeway which has 6 further arches, 2 medieval with chamfered ribs. C19 north face of bridge has corresponding arches with squared voussoirs, those of the main span springing from low triangular cutwaters. Both plain parapets have flat stone copings. The bridge was first recorded in 1255. It forms an important feature in the landscape designed c.1740 by William Kent for Rousham Park. (Rousham Park is included in the H.B.M.C. Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I; VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol VI, p182; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p693; Oxfordshire Museums Information Sheet 17, "Medieval Bridges in Oxfordshire")
Listing NGR: SP4785924764
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 421838
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1962), 182
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 693
Oxfordshire Museums Information Sheet in Medieval Bridges in Oxfordshire, ()
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 34 Oxfordshire
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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