Building record 568/1/1 - Bridge at TL 06259349 over Willow Brook

Late 18th century bridge.

{1} Bridge. Late C18. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings. Single circular arch with keyblock. Plain parapet with ashlar coping.

{3} Undated photo;

{5} Bridge (TL 062935) over Willow Brook, single span, dressed stone voussoirs, 18th or early 19th-century. To E. of the bridge are retaining walls with sluice gates associated with the watermill. A mill is recorded in 1804 (Sale Catalogue, Burghley Estate Office), but it had probably been demolished by 1832 (NRO, Y2, 4361, Insurance Valuation; NRO, 0.160, map of 1842).

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/80 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G10 p.45 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Fotheringhay (Photographs). SNN112503.

<4> Historic England, WILLOW BROOK BRIDGE, FOTHERINGHAY, BF084376 (Archive). SNN115115.

<5> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton (Series). SNN77384.

Record last edited

May 23 2023 3:36PM