Castleford Bridge

CASTLEFORD BRIDGE, LOCK LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1290033
Date first listed:
16-Mar-1987
Statutory Address:
CASTLEFORD BRIDGE, LOCK LANE
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Date:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1290033
Date first listed:
16-Mar-1987
Statutory Address 1:
CASTLEFORD BRIDGE, LOCK LANE

Location

Statutory Address:
CASTLEFORD BRIDGE, LOCK LANE

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

District:
Wakefield (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SE 43003 25981

Details

CASTLEFORD LOCK LANE SE42NW 1/4 Castleford Bridge 16.3.1987 - II Public road bridge over River Calder. Dated on parapets, 1805, by Bernard Hartley, built 1808 by Jesse Hartley. Sandstone ashlar. Classical style. Three segmental arches with rusticated voussoirs, scrolled keystones on east side and vermiculated keystones on west side; guilloche frieze, plain parapets with rounded coping, with lettered panels in the centre: "BERNARD HARTLEY (west side) ARCHITECT 1805" and "JESSE HARTLEY (east side) BUILDER 1808" Triangular cutwaters and canted piers, finished with concave sweep to the parapet, and all of banded rustication. Rectangular terminal piers of similar masonry have blind window panels with splayed voussoirs, modillioned cornices and panelled parapets. Ramped approach at north end, and drum terminals at both ends.

Listing NGR: SE4300325981

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342466
Legacy System:
LBS

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