Featherstone Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Featherstone Bridge
- WRENN ID
- sharp-plinth-larch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1952
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
FEATHERSTONE BRIDGE END NY 66 SE (North side) 15/91 Featherstone Bridge 10/6/52 (formerly listed as Bridge over South Tyne River) II*
Single-track road bridge over River South Tyne, c.1775. Tooled ashlar sandstone. Both faces similar: single c.25-metre wide segmental arch with flush voussoirs, arch band and triple keystone. Arch, flanked by wide slightly-projecting piers, rests on side walls with chamfered plinths and top bands. Parapet defined by wide band and projecting chamfered coping. Horizontal section of parapet extends beyond keystone before raking down to south. Parapet terminates at projecting end piers with pyramidal caps. Plaque above keystone on inner face of west parapet inscribed: FEATHERSTONE BRIDGE. Curving walls on north end of parapet; splayed walls on south end.
(E. Jervoise, The Ancient Bridges of the North of England, 1973).
Listing NGR: NY6757161896
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