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Latitude: 54.5755 / 54°34'31"N
Longitude: -1.9874 / 1°59'14"W
OS Eastings: 400914
OS Northings: 520031
OS Grid: NZ009200
Mapcode National: GBR GHKJ.JL
Mapcode Global: WHB4C.F8W6
Plus Code: 9C6WH2G7+53
Entry Name: Balder Bridge
Listing Date: 12 January 1967
Last Amended: 17 June 1986
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1121041
English Heritage Legacy ID: 111197
ID on this website: 101121041
Location: Cotherstone, County Durham, DL12
County: County Durham
Civil Parish: Hunderthwaite
Built-Up Area: Cotherstone
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham
Tagged with: Road bridge
COTHERSTONE B 6277
NZ 02 SW
11/35 Balder Bridge
12/1/67 (previously listed
in the Civil Parish
of Hunderthwaite)
II*
Road bridge over the River Balder. Probably C15, rebuilt c.1681, upstream side
widened 1896, downstream parapet and upstream face partly rebuilt in 1983.
Sandstone ashlar with snecked and rock-faced rebuilt sections.
Roadway on 4 medieval ribs; 2 similar ribs added to upstream side in 1896.
Downstream face: depressed-pointed arch of 2 chamfered orders; band, with
chamfered soffit, raked to either side above arch; similarly raked, flat-coped
parapet. Upstream face has similar arch. Horizontal parapet, with raking end
sections, defined by band and flat coping; central corbelled refuge.
This bridge straddles the parishes of Cotherstone and Hunderthwaite.
E Jervoise. The Ancient Bridgesof The North of England, 1931 p 48.
Listing NGR: NZ0091420031
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