Description

DENWICK A 1068
NU 11 SE
(Alnwick)
10/29 The Lion Bridge,
over River Aln
10/1/53

GV I

Bridge, 1773 by John Adam. Squared stone with ashlar parapet; lead lion with
cast-iron tail. Gothick style. East elevation: central segmental arch flanked
by round arches: moulded arch rings; blank shields in circular spandrel panels;
stone drain spouts over arches. Cutwaters, pointed on west and rounded on east,
carried up as rounded pilasters with blind slits under hoodmoulds and smaller
slits above moulded string. Embattled parapet on moulded corbels; refuges have
taller parapet on arched corbel table, with cruciform loops and flat moulded
coping. Above centre arch is moulded pedestal,with 3 blank shields and festoons,
carrying life-size lion with outstretched tail. Parapet on east has plain
pedestal without statue. Round-arched carriageway in south abutment; abutments
splayed out, with parapets in imitation of fence with adjacent diagonally-set
posts and rail below pointed tops; circular end piers with moulded flat caps.

Partly in Alnwick U.D. Considerable group value with Alnwick Castle (Alnwick
U.D.).

SCHEDULED ANCIENT MOMUMENT

Listing NGR: NU1862013812

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide