Wetherby Bridge (Over River Wharfe) With Attached War Memorial
WETHERBY BRIDGE (OVER RIVER WHARFE) WITH ATTACHED WAR MEMORIAL, BOSTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1313468
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Wetherby Bridge (Over River Wharfe) With Attached War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WETHERBY BRIDGE (OVER RIVER WHARFE) WITH ATTACHED WAR MEMORIAL, BOSTON ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1313468
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Wetherby Bridge (Over River Wharfe) With Attached War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WETHERBY BRIDGE (OVER RIVER WHARFE) WITH ATTACHED WAR MEMORIAL, BOSTON ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- WETHERBY BRIDGE (OVER RIVER WHARFE) WITH ATTACHED WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
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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:
- WETHERBY BRIDGE (OVER RIVER WHARFE) WITH ATTACHED WAR MEMORIAL, BOSTON ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- WETHERBY BRIDGE (OVER RIVER WHARFE) WITH ATTACHED WAR MEMORIAL, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Wetherby
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 40411 47995
Details
SE44NW, SE4048 WETHERBY HIGH STREET
LS22 (south end)
2/ll 5/11 Wetherby Bridge (over
30.3.66 River Wharfe) with
attached war memorial
GV II
Bridge and attached war memorial. C13 origin, rebuilt C17 widened 1773 and
again in 1826 to a design by Bernard Hartley and Son; war memorial of c1920
by E. F. Roslyn. Ashlar and rock-faced sandstone and gritstone; bronze war
memorial statue. Large bridge with 6 segmentally-arched spans; attached war
memorial at north end on east side. Upstream (west) side: segmental arches
spring from pronounced triangular cutwaters with half-pyramidal tops which
rise as piers to the parapet; the walling between raised in rock-faced work
and with ashlar parapet wall. Downstream side (of 1826) is of rock-faced
gritstone with battered piers rising from triangular cutwaters which divide
arches with raised keystones; ashlar parapet; on right is a large battered
pier forming base to the war memorial. The soffits of the northernmost 2
arches of the bridge show 3 building phases; the narrow central section of
the bridge is round-arched with ribs at the imposts and may be of C13 origin
although described as 'newly turned' in 1752 (Carr and Watson). The soffits
of the southernmost 2 arches show pointed central sections. War memorial:
rectangular ashlar pedestal with plaques recording the names of those lost in
the Great War; seated bronze lions to each side of plinth surmounted by
bronze statue of Victory holding sword by her right side and with laurel-
wreath held aloft. In 1233 Archbishop Gray mentions contributions for the
construction of a bridge at Wetherby; by 1281 patent rolls of Edward II note
the right of pontage. Rebuilt following destruction by floods in the C17 and
continually repaired throughout the following century as a result of
increased traffic load and further flood damage.
Scheduled Ancient Monument; county No 74.
A. Brett, "A Ston Bridg over Wharf" at Wetherby,Y.A,J,50, 193l, pp.274-7.
Robert Carr and John Watson, Book of Bridges, MSS, 1752-3.
R. Unwin,Wetherby, 1986, pp. 60-61, 79-80.
Listing NGR: SE4041147995
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 31 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 341930
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Unwin, R, Wetherby, (1986), 60-61
Unwin, R, Wetherby, (1986), 79-80
Carr, R, Watson, J, Book of West Riding Bridges 1752-1753, ()
Yorkshire Archaeological Journal in Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, (1931)
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 31 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/2096
War Memorials Online, accessed 31 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/120469
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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