Packhorse Bridge On Dick Brook South Of Church Of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Bridge.

Packhorse Bridge On Dick Brook South Of Church Of St Peter

WRENN ID
iron-finial-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Malvern Hills
Country
England
Date first listed
27 November 1984
Type
Bridge
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SO 76 NE ASTLEY CP ASTLEY SO 789673

3/44 Packhorse Bridge on Dick Brook south of - Church of St Peter

  • II

Marked on map as Newbridge. Bridge known as Packhorse Bridge. Late C18 - early C19, possibly earlier. Hammer dressed ashlar. Single arch with continuous impost band and pronounced keystones; V-jointed voussoirs, arch flanked by plain pilasters; partially damaged quadrant abuttments; parapet obscured June 1984. Possibly related to iron smelting works complex on Dick Brook dated to mid C17: furnace, forge, locks (not included) and pack-horse bridge all appear to have been constructed of similar large well-dressed sandstone blocks. The Early Industrial Complex at Astley, Worcestershire, P J Brown, Post- Medieval Archaeology 16, 1982, pp 1 - 19.

Listing NGR: SO7887367233

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