Balder Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. A Medieval Bridge.
Balder Bridge
- WRENN ID
- scattered-brick-acorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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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