Description

SP 9632-9732 WOBURN WOBURN PARK
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23.1.61 Basin Bridge
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Bridge Circa 1770 by Sir william Chambers for John 4th Duke of Bedford.
Substantially reworked by Humphry Repton before 1813. Ashlar and red brick.
Approximately 30 metres long and 7 metres wide, splaying out at both ends.
Separates Basin Pond from New Pond. NW elevation (towards Basin Pond): 3
semi-circular arches. Rusticated stonework, the lower courses and voussoirs
vermiculated. Terminates in large square piers of smooth ashlarwork.
Surmounted by cornice and low balustraded parapet with small piers at
intervals. Red brick vaulting under arches. SE elevation: probably
originally similar to other elevation, but only balustrade and terminal piers
visible since banking up of land and raising of water level by Repton.
Beds. Record Office: CRT 130 Woburn 33, Notes of the Basin Bridge compiled by
Marie P. G. Draper, Archivist to Bedford Estates.

Listing NGR: SP9620632389

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17528288

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)