Spirit Bridge In Japanese Garden At Garden House 20 Meters To South-East Of House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Bridge.

Spirit Bridge In Japanese Garden At Garden House 20 Meters To South-East Of House

WRENN ID: narrow-foundation-aspen
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: East Hertfordshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 July 1984
Type: Bridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TL 3129 COTTERED CHURCH LANE (west side)

5/31 Spirit Bridge in Japanese Garden at Garden House - 20m to SE of house

GV II

Bridge. 1912 built by Enomoto in Japan for Herbert Goode (1865- 1937) a wealthy glass and china merchant who built the Japanese Garden in 1905-26. Timber, partly painted. An arched narrow wooden bridge with 4-bay twin-rail balustrades, partly infilled. The 4 main posts on each side have onion shaped finials. It crosses the narrow part of the Fox Lake and is modelled on the sacred bridge at Nikko in Japan called SHIN-KYO (Spirit Bridge). (Japanese Garden (1933) 10).

Listing NGR: TL3164329159

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