Bridge Over The River Wey To The North West Corner Of Tilford Green

SU 84SE TILFORD C.P. TILFORD ROAD

4/97 Bridge over the River 9/3/60 Wey to the North West corner of Tilford Green

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Bridge. C13, probably built by the Monks of Waverley Abbey. Local iron-stone rubble with thin slabs forming voussoirs over the arches, C20 wooden posts and rails above. Four visible arches, a fifth, once visible, now marked by upstream cutwater and down- stream projection. The arches increase slightly in span and height to the centre. Upstream cutwaters half-pyramidal in shape, downstream cutwaters rounded on "keeled" ie pointed, plinths. Centre pair of upstream cutwaters chamfered. One of a series of bridges built by the Monks between Farnham and Guildford and an important feature on the Village Green. The bridge is a scheduled Ancient Monument: Surrey Ancient Monument No. 140. RESEARCH VOLUME OF THE SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOC. NO. 1 (1974): The River Wey Bridges Between Farnham and Guildford. Article by D. R. Renn pp 75 - 83.

PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) pp 408 - 9. V.C.H. VOL II p.593.

Listing NGR: SU8717443524