East Lodge Of Lendal Bridge Lendal Bridge And Attached Tollhouses

The East Lodge of Lendal Bridge, along with its attached tollhouses, was constructed between 1861 and 1863, with strengthening work undertaken in 1910. Designed by Thomas Page and built with stonework by George Milburn, the bridge carries road traffic over the River Ouse.

The bridge itself is a single span of cast iron, supported by abutments with carriage arches on each bank. The west bank arch is open, while the east bank arch is closed by board doors. The elliptical arch features traceried spandrels, a parapet with quatrefoils and armorial shields, and a central branched gas lamp standard with clustered octagonal columns, ogee caps, tapered lanterns, pennant finials and angel terminals. The abutments and approach ramps are built with ashlar, and the east bank has a distinctive flight of steps with twisted columns on chamfered pedestals, an arcaded balustrade and a moulded handrail.

Attached to each end of the bridge on the downstream side are tollhouses, constructed from rusticated sandstone with ashlar quoins and dressings. They have Welsh slate roofs with conjoined stone stacks and cast-iron railings. The tollhouses are one storey high, with two bays at bridge level, and a three-stage octagonal tower rises from the rear, at river bank level. The east tollhouse has a gable, while the west tollhouse is embattled; both towers are machicolated and embattled with conjoined stacks. The bridge front of each tollhouse features an ogee-arched doorway with a shield stop and a square-headed mullioned window divided into two trefoil-headed lights. River-facing sides have four-light oriel windows with half-hexagonal roofs. The windows are diamond lattice glazed, and the mullions and openings are hollow-chamfered. The west bank tollhouse features arcaded balustrade railings to a small side garden. The interiors of the tollhouses remain uninspected.