Folly Bridge With Former Toll House is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C19 Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Folly Bridge With Former Toll House
- WRENN ID
- woven-rubble-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
FOLLY BRIDGE 1. 1485 Folly Bridge, with Former Toll-house SP 5105 NW 12/598 12.1.54. II 2. Rebuilt in 1826; on the North West corner is a contemporary l-storeyed stuccoed toll house. An iron girder bridge was made over the South stream in 1888. A very early river crossing, used by the Saxons and bridged by the Normans in the late C11. The Saxon causeway has been discovered (1971) under St Aldate's Street. The present bridge has a main span with 3 arches, and a single subsidiary span to the South. Rusticated stone. The medieval bridge was also known as "Friar Bacon's Bridge".
Listing NGR: SP5143805559
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