Swiss Bridge, Approximately 890 Metres South South West Of Blenheim Palace is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Bridge.

Swiss Bridge, Approximately 890 Metres South South West Of Blenheim Palace

WRENN ID: frozen-wattle-hemlock
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: West Oxfordshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 27 July 1988
Type: Bridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

BLENHEIM SP41NW 21/27 Swiss Bridge, approx. 890m SSW of Blenheim Palace - II Bridge. c.1820, for Fifth Duke of Marlborough. Wrought-iron. Trellised balustrade supported on slender arch-braced piers. Situated beneath Capability Brown's Grand Cascade: the Fifth Duke made a botanical garden around the Cascade. (Blenheim Park is included in the HBMC Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade Ii D. Green, Blenheim Palace: 1951, p193)

Listing NGR: SP4373415183

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