Description

NZ 0813 BRIGNALL GRETA BRIDGE

14/85 Greta Bridge

12.1.67

GV II*

Bridge, 1773 by John Carr for John Sawry Morritt. Tooled-and-margined ashlar;
smooth ashlar dressings. Semicircular arch c.24 metres wide, with moulded
arch ring and paterae in spandrels, flanked by broad pilasters holding domed
niches with moulded sills and aprons. Band below parapet with arched coping
blocks linked by iron ties, the centre section with 5 lengths of turned
balustrade; wing walls splay out to round end piers with domed tops. Round-
arched cow creep beneath western abutment.

An elegant bridge built at a cost of £850, replacing one reputed to be of
Roman origin; Greta Bridge has been the subject of paintings by Cotman,
Girtin, and many others.

Partly in Rokeby parish.

Listing NGR: NZ0861113168

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536390

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (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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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)