Elstead Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1960. Bridge.

Elstead Bridge

WRENN ID: slow-pewter-vermeil
Grade: I
Local Planning Authority: Waverley
Country: England
Date first listed: 9 March 1960
Type: Bridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SU 94SW ELSTEAD C.P. FARNHAM ROAD

5/3 Elstead Bridge 9/3/60 I

Bridge. C13, possibly by the Monks of Waverley Abbey. Sandstone rubble slabs with blocks of darker ironstone, wooden, C20 parapet railings. Originally 7 arches, now five with "Keeled", i.e. pointed, cutwaters upstream and rounded cutwaters over "keeled" plinths downstream. One of an early series of bridges over the River Wey between Farnham and Guildford and of great historical importance. The bridge is a scheduled Ancient Monument. Surrey Antiquity No. 149.

S.A.S. Research Volume No. I (1974) pp. 75 - 83 "The River Wey between Farnham and Guildford" By Derek F. Renn, F.S.A. PEVSNER: Buildings of England, Surrey (1971) pp. 212 Mamy and Bray "History and Antiquities of Surrey Vol III pp 137 & xxxvi.

Listing NGR: SU9054143804

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