Bidford Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1967. A Medieval Bridge.
Bidford Bridge
- WRENN ID
- sunken-screen-marsh
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1967
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SP0951 BIDFORD-ON-AVON HONEYBOURNE ROAD 9/54 Bidford Bridge 01/02/67 - I
Bridge over the Avon. Early C15. Coursed lias, limestone and other stones, with some brick patching on east side. 8 arches, with cutwaters on east side only. 2-centred arch at each end, 1 high round arch for passage of boats, other arches 4-centred. 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th arches from Bidford side original (V.C.H.). Parapet almost wholly renewed. Believed to have been built by the monks of Bordesley Abbey. Repaired 1449, 1545 with stone from Alcester Priory, major repairs 1641 and 1650, arch heightened late C18 when the Avon was made navigable up to Stratford. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument. (V.C.H. : Warwickshire III, p.54; Transactions of Birmingham Archaeological Society XLII 1916, p.15; Buildings of England : Warwickshire, p.93).
Listing NGR: SP0990451761
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