Bridge Across River Don

The bridge across the River Don was likely built in 1864 by Benjamin Brundell and William Arnold for Sir Joseph William Copley. The central span was replaced in 1897 with ironwork by Newton Chambers of Sheffield. The structure features a fabricated iron central span and rock-faced sandstone walling for the piers and flanking causeways. Each causeway has three segmental arches with rusticated voussoirs that spring from cavetto-moulded imposts, and the brick soffits include some waterspouts in the spandrels. There are cornices beneath the rough-cast parapets with copings that terminate at the end piers, which are adorned with an ashlar frieze and modillioned cornice. The central span is supported by riveted girders with cross-braced side panels set into rebates in quoined and corniced abutment piers. A square-latticed balustrade with a wooden handrail is present on the downstream side. Oval plaques at each end of the span indicate that it was erected by Newton Chambers & Co. Limited of Thorncliffe Ironworks, Sheffield, in 1897. The bridge spans the River Don and is partially located in the parish of Sprotbrough. There is some historical confusion due to references to a nearby Sprotbrough Bridge, which was built in the mid-19th century for the same patron and has undergone alterations.