Causeway Arches And Embankment Walling 50 Metres North West Of Trent Bridge

SK7954SE 619-1/5/380 12/03/91

NEWARK ON TRENT GREAT NORTH ROAD (South West side) walling 50m NW of Trent Bridge

GV II

Causeway arches and embankment walling with gates. 1770 with mid C19 alterations. Designed by John Smeaton. Red brick with ashlar dressings. Walling runs for 80metres along the south-west side of the Great North Road, with buttresses at regular intervals. To the south-east a 30 metre section of wall slightly curved, with ashlar coping. Then a mid C19 gateway, inserted as an entrance to the cattle market, with square brick piers with blue brick and ashlar decoration, and a pair of iron gates. Beyond to the north-west 40 metres of walling with 9 segmental brick arches (2 not visible), stretching under the road to the north-east, with buttresses between. The corresponding north wall of this causeway and embankment walling was demolished when the road was widened in the C19. Part of a causeway carrying the Great North Road across the flood plain of the Trent.

Listing NGR: SK7957254186