Handley Cross Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1951. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Handley Cross Bridge

WRENN ID: worn-chapel-woodpecker
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: County Durham
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 June 1951
Type: Bridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

NZ 15 NW CONSETT B 6310

(South side) Hamsterley 1/22 "Handley Cross."Bridge 6/6/51

GV II Bridge over Hamsterley Burn. Possibly 1825 by John Dobson; for R.S. Surtees, and called after his successful novel of 1843. Carries drive to house over deep cut. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. Gothic style. High 2-centred arch over burn is flanked by 2 smaller similar arches, the impost band of the larger forming sill bands at each side. Road-bed-level band below parapet, which has thin flat coping and ends in low square piers with pulvinated corner blocks below wide bands and roughly-cut high square copings.

Listing NGR: NZ1456555846

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