Bridge Over River Calder And Attached Walling

SOWERBY BRIDGE STATION ROAD SE 0225-0325 Luddenden Foot 6/242 Bridge over River Calder and attached walling - II Road bridge and attached walling. Dated 1882. Masonry by James Wild of Luddenden Foot, ironwork by Wood Brothers, Sowerby Bridge. For Luddenden Foot Local Board of Health. Cast iron and ashlar. Single broad segmental arch of cast iron supported on massive rock-faced stone piers. These rise into tripartite end piers with fielded panels and hipped triangular-section coping. A panel on the north-west end pier records the date of construction and the names of the members of the local board, the iron founders and the mason. Cast-iron parapet approximately 1 metre high has fretted panels containing saltire crosses with star bosses. Moulded top rail with central wooden finials. On north side flanking walls extend approximately 8 metres to east and 15 metres to west, the west wall curving and truncated; they are of large tooled blocks with plinths and triangular-section coping.

Listing NGR: SE0366625049