Bridge And Sheepwash Approximately 50 Metres South East Of The Old Rectory

The bridge and sheepwash, located approximately 50 metres south-east of The Old Rectory, dates from around 1819. It is constructed from uncoursed red sandstone rubble with ashlar coping. The bridge features a circular section beneath the road, with a keystone on the south side. The eastern branch of the Weir brook flows underneath the bridge.

To the south, there is a wedge-shaped enclosure defined by walls that are about 1.0 metre high, measuring 10 metres long on the roadside and approximately 5 metres long on the south side. Inside the enclosure, the brook runs through a stone-lined channel that is about 1.5 metres wide. The walls of the enclosure step down once on the east, west, and south sides. Roughly at the centre of the south side, there is a sluice with a timber gate above it. The parapet of the bridge completes the enclosure on the north side, and there are timber picket gates at both the east and west ends of the wall.

Sheep would enter the water from the eastern side, where a depression is still visible, and exit on the west. The sheepwash was in use until around 1940. The Old Rectory is not included in this listing.