Chester New Bridge
| Chester New Bridge | |
| County Durham | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Crossing: | River Wear |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ28445229 |
| Location: | 54°51’52"N, 1°33’30"W |
| Structure | |
| Length: | 148 feet |
| Material: | dressed stone |
| History | |
| Information | |
Chester New Bridge is a mediæval stone bridge over the River Wear near Chester-le-Street in County Durham. It carries Black Drive, the private entrance road to Lambton Castle, across the Wear just north of the A1052 road bridge, which superseded it in 1926. The bridge is a Grade II* listed structure[1] and a scheduled monument[2]
Frank Graham in Bridges of Northumberland and Durham describes it as "a fine 14th century bridge"[3] but the official English Heritage listing citation considers it to be "probably C15". The parapet, which English Heritage suggest may be partly rebuilt,[1] bears a worn inscription referring to "Charles Swinburne's Leap", an incident in which a horse and its rider were killed falling from the bridge.[3] The bridge has a span of approximately 147.6 feet (45.0 m) and four pointed arches with cutwaters on each pier. An archway at its eastern end, erected in 1815 by Ignatius Bonomi, marks the entrance to the Lambton Estate.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Heritage List 1323102: Chester New Bridge (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1002354: Chester New Bridge (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Graham, Frank (1975). Bridges of Northumberland and Durham. ISBN 978-0902833135.
- ↑ "Chester New Bridge". bridgesonthetyne.co.uk. http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/chestnew.html. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
| Bridges and crossings on the River Wear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumley Bridge | A1(M) Bridge | Lambton Bridge | Chester New Bridge | Lamb Bridge | New Bridge | Chartershaugh Bridge |