Quay walls on north side of River Severn, extending south from Severn Bridge for 140m, including two flights of steps

Quay walls and steps of probable C18 date and later and incorporating medieval fabric including a bridge abutment, with C19 and C20 repairs and further retaining walls.

MATERIALS: constructed of rubble and ashlar sandstone with a variety of dressings.

DESCRIPTION: the quay walls stand on the north bank of the River Severn and the sections that adjoin either side of the Grade I listed bridge have pecked ashlar walls rising to squared coping above an oculus outflow. The wall to the north-east of the bridge is around 3m in length before the towpath returns northwards. The south-east quay wall ends 5m before a return to accommodate an uneven and worn set of stone steps to the footpath above. The ashlar quay wall continues for 70m to the south-east, partly hidden in vegetation and silt, and adjoins the north abutment of a former medieval bridge. The abutment appears to have medieval stone footings and the return wall has a pronounced batter and the lower courses splay outwards to meet a second set of stone river steps. The coping stones to the abutment are heavily worn and there are metal fixings to parts of the abutment and to other sections of quay walls. The wall extends south-east and adjoins another ashlar wall on higher ground with a raised level area, partly cobbled, that has a low wall to Stourport Road. This level area includes modern fixtures such as bench seating and equipment related to a water facility below ground, which are not of special interest. The roadside wall extends around 33m further to the south-east where the remains of stone terracing or a former set of stone steps at SO7883775380 is part-covered in silt.

The roadside wall has been raised with additional courses of masonry with less pronounced dressings and extends south-west along the roadside to Stourport Road and is obscured from view by vegetation for sections of its length. It terminates around 140 metres to the south-east of Severn Bridge.