Ornamental Bridge At Blakesware 70 Metres North Of Widford Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Bridge.

Ornamental Bridge At Blakesware 70 Metres North Of Widford Lodge

WRENN ID
sunken-jade-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Country
England
Type
Bridge
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TL 41 NW WIDFORD WARE ROAD (north side)

1/2 Ornamental Bridge at Blakesware - 70 metres N of Widford Lodge

GV II

Bridge. C19, for the Gosselin family, probably by George Devey who rebuilt Blakesware 1876-9. Red brick with moulded limestone dressings. A single arched road bridge over the River Ash - on the line of the old road to Ware. A 3 brick semi-circular arch with humped parapet. The curved parapet brickwork courses are struck from the arch centrepoint. Ogee weathered moulded heavy stone copings. Arch flanked by square pilaster piers with 2 stone offsets and square moulded caps. Outswept quadrant abbutments with stone copings curving down to low square piers with moulded stone copings. Part of a picturesque group with Widford Lodge at this entrance to the park of Blakesware.

Listing NGR: TL4063415924

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