Description

WATTON-AT-STONE WALKERN ROAD
TL 21 NE
Watton-at-Stone
3/200 Bridge over River Beane
-
- II

Road bridge. c.1830. Caleb Hitch's patent brick with some later stock
brick repair. Stone dressings. Triple segmental arch, that to centre
larger. Stone capped cutwaters to both sides. Slightly splayed to banks
over outer arches. Pilaster strips on parapets at angles of splays. End
piers with moulded stone caps. Curved abutment walls at ends. Bands to
parapets, that to E largely rebuilt. Segmental brick coping to parapets.
Hitch bricks, patented in 1828, are 1 foot long by 6 inches wide and 6
inches deep with interlocking flanges and resemble rat-trap bond.
(W Branch Johnson, Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire, 1970).

Listing NGR: TL2972219766

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26381486

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)