Wallingford Bridge
WALLINGFORD BRIDGE, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1368917
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1949
- Statutory Address:
- WALLINGFORD BRIDGE, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1368917
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1949
- Statutory Address 1:
- WALLINGFORD BRIDGE, HIGH STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WALLINGFORD BRIDGE, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wallingford
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 61003 89468
Details
WALLINGFORD HIGH STREET SU6189, SU6089SE Wallingford 8/74, 11/74 Wallingford Bridge 09/12/49
GV II* Bridge. C14 origins, repaired 1507 and 1528, 1646 arches removed and replaced with drawbridges. 1751, four arches rebuilt by Joseph Absolon of Wallingford. Widened 1770. 1809 rebuilding, widening and "improving" following flood damage. Toll house demolished c.1930. Ashlar stone to north side, with flint cut-waters with stone dressings to left. Banded stone cut-waters to right. Ashlar stone to south side with areas of squared stone and flint chequer to right. 19 arches, 5 cross river. Some arches are ribbed and are probably C15 stonework, possibly re-used. Elliptical arches over river, with keystones and voussoirs. Open baluster balustrade over river. Plain stone balustrade to rear. Late C20 cast iron lamps. Also scheduled as an Ancient Monument. (V.C.H.: Berkshire, Vol.III, 1923, p.521-523; Buildings of England: Berkshire, 1966, p.250; "Historic Wallingford, a walk-round guide" by J and S Dewey 1982).
Listing NGR: SU6100389468
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 249243
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1966), 250
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1923), 521-523
Dewey, J, S, , Historic Wallingford A Walk Round Guide, (1982)
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