Ferry Bridge

Ferry Bridge is a bridge built in 1797, designed by architect John Carr of York, with construction completed in 1804 by builder Bernard Hartley of Pontefract. It features tooled millstone grit ashlar and has eight round-headed arches: four land arches on the Ferrybridge side, one land arch on the Brotherton side, and three larger river arches. The river arches are distinguished by volute keystones and hoodmoulds, while the two flanking land arches have plain keystones and rusticated surrounds. Canted cutwaters between the river arches are topped with refuges in the parapet. Each side of the river arches has a pier with a niche in a quoined surround. The section bordered by the piers has a dentilled cornice, and the bridge has a three-course parapet with a vase balustrade in the central section. The parapet ends are splayed with rounded caps on three ends. The bridge underwent 20th-century restoration.