Prebends Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. A Neoclassical Bridge.

Prebends Bridge

WRENN ID: calm-barrel-hazel
Grade: I
Local Planning Authority: County Durham
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 May 1952
Type: Bridge
Period: Neoclassical
Source: Historic England listing

Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE RIVER WEAR NZ 2741 NW 16/387 Prebends' Bridge 6/5/52 GV I

Bridge. 1772-8 by George Nicholson for the Dean and Chapter of Durham; restored 1955-6. Coursed squared sandstone and ashlar. 3 round arches with rusticated voussoirs; rusticated cutwaters; large 3-sided buttresses with tops forming refuges in parapet. Pilasters frame sections of parapet above arches, the outer ones balustraded. Abutments canted in to bridge width. Low-chamfered coping to parapets which end in ogee-domed coping on band continuous with parapet coping. Outer faces have bands at road bed level and stone drains protruding beneath them.

A scheduled ancient monument.

Listing NGR: NZ2714541856

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