Newlay Bridge

The asset was previously listed twice also under List entry 1240013, in the parish of Horsforth. This entry was removed from the List on 6th May 2015.

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LEEDS POLLARD LANE, Newlay Newlay Bridge

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Public road bridge over River Aire. Dated 1819, restored c1985. Cast and wrought-iron, with sandstone abutments. Battered sandstone abutments each end; single segmental span of 4 slender H-section ribs interconnected by regular cast-iron lattice braces, stayed by wrought-iron rods to slender joists supporting deck; a plaque at the keystone position has raised lettering: 'JP/ AD1819'; low parapet of panelled iron carrying railings. Sett-paved deck with tarmac side pavements; protected on both sides by stick-baluster railings in sections between openwork standards which have diamond-latticed panels at the bottom and Y-tracery panels at the top. Attached to both inner sides of the standards in the centre is an oval plaque with raised lettering: 'JOHN/ POLLARD/ NEWLEY HOUSE/ ERECTED THIS/ BRIDGE/ A.D/ 1819..'; an oval plaque with small lettering on the same casting: 'AYDON & ELWELL/ SHELF/ IRON WORKS/ NEAR BRADFORD/ YORKSHIRE'. One of only 2 such bridges built by Aydon and Elwell surviving in this county; the other is the Gasworks bridge at Sowerby Bridge. One of the oldest iron bridges in Yorkshire, it was erected in 1819 to connect Whitecote with the Leeds-Horsforth turnpike. Pollard's scribbling mill and weaving shed stood on the S side of the river, E side of Pollard Lane. The parapet railings were replaced and the cobbles relaid in the 1980s. (Thomas RCN: A Noble Scene of Industry: 33; Brears P: Museum of Leeds Trail: 40).

Listing NGR: SE 23876 36943