Rotherham Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. A Medieval Bridge.
Rotherham Bridge
- WRENN ID
- floating-mantel-fern
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rotherham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SK49SW ROTHERHAM BRIDGE STREET (north side) 5/12 Rotherham Bridge 19.10.51 GV I Bridge. C15, widened and extended C18, restored to original form in 1930s. Deeply-coursed, ashlar sandstone. 4 arches with Chapel of Our Lady (q.v.) built onto north side; no longer spans full width of River Don. Each arch with projecting ribs to soffit and double-chamfered pointed arches. River channelled through westernmost arch which has cutwater to upstream side of pier. All downstream piers retain 3-sided cutwaters. Renewed parapet with roll-moulded copings. Described by John Leland in 1540 as '... a fine stone bridge of iiii arches' it served the Richmond to London highway. Widened upstream in 1768 and lengthened in 1769 by John Platt under the supervision of John Carr. Adjacent bridge constructed in the 1930s allowed restoration of the medieval bridge to its original dimensions. Scheduled Ancient Monument. D. Hey, 'Rotherham Bridge', Archaeological Journal, vol 137, 1980, p430.
Listing NGR: SK4274093060
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