Arched Gate and Bridge, south of the Former Tennis Court, Hewell Grange

A garden building, probably of mid-C19 date, in the form of a bridge over a stream, with an attached architectural gateway.

MATERIALS & PLAN: both buildings are of limestone with a wrought iron gate. The bridge has a single span with fronts facing north and south, and the balustrade on both sides is attached to the arched stone gateway at its eastern end. The gateway faces east and west.

The south side of the bridge (downstream) has a single, elliptical arch to the bridge, flanked by projecting piers and with a projecting keystone. The spandrels have vermiculated rustication and the keystone and the lower body of the parapet are of ashlar. The left-hand pier has been partially rebuilt in brick to its lower body. Adjoining at right of this is the flank of the arched gateway, which has vermiculated rustication, except for the projecting cornice and blocking course at the top, which are ashlar. The upper balustrade of the bridge survives partially and takes the form of an ashlar pier attached to the west side of the gateway, with a single half baluster of vase shape, which indicates the pattern of the rest of the balustrade. The north side of the bridge is similar.

The gateway faces east and west and both sides are similar, with vermiculated rustication to the lower body, including the voussoirs of the round arch and an ashlar keystone with projecting cornice and stepped blocking course.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURE: a wrought iron gate, designed to fit the archway, was lying on the ground near to the gateway at the time of survey (May, 2016).