Sparrows Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1993. Bridge.

Sparrows Bridge

WRENN ID
rough-mortar-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1993
Type
Bridge
Source
Historic England listing

Description

The following building shall be added to the list:-

TL 72 NE GOSFIELD -

7/10000 Sparrows Bridge

II

Accommodation bridge. Circa 1865. Wrought and cast iron, timber deck, rendered brick abutments. Single span, bar-stayed cantilever design. Four cast iron towers with spike finials. Decorative cast iron balustrades. At time of survey most balustrade panels missing, deck concreted. This type of bridge is rare and few of this date survive. The bridge carried the driveway through the park to Gosfield Place, built circa 1865 on the site of an earlier mansion for B Sparrow Esq. The house was demolished circa 1925.

Listing NGR: TL7888329235

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