Welsh Harp Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 2000. Bridge.

Welsh Harp Bridge

WRENN ID
sheer-gateway-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnet
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 2000
Type
Bridge
Source
Historic England listing

Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21/01/2020

TQ 28 NW 31/7/10393 16-AUG-00

COOL OAK LANE Welsh Harp Bridge

II

Also Known As: Cool Oak Bridge, COOL OAK LANE

Road over river bridge. circa 1835. Brown brick laid in English bond, with engineering bricks as coping, and stone pilaster caps.

EXTERIOR: north and south sides are identical, each of nine bays defined by pilaster strips. Platband at deck level. Three central semicircular brick arches conduct the Brent Reservoir. Pilasters end in pyramid caps of millstone grit at parapet level. Coping in form of bricks laid on edge. Parapet splays at cast and west ends.

HISTORICAL NOTE: the river Brent was dammed in 1835 to create a reservoir of feeder water for the Grand Union canal, and the older bridge on this site rebuilt.

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