Somerset Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1960. A Medieval Bridge.
Somerset Bridge
- WRENN ID
- leaning-pediment-elder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1960
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SU 94SW 9/3/60
PEPER HAROW C.P. SHACKLEFORD ROAD Somerset Bridge
II* Bridge. C13 with C18 and C20 extensions and alterations. Probably built by the Monks of Waverley Abbey.
Local sandstone rubble to centre arch with slabs forming voussoirs; sandstone ashlar to outer arches, with brick parapets. circa 3½ feet high above. The right hand abutment has been widened and pierced with a brick-lined arch and shallow concrete channel. The upstream cutwaters are "Keeled" ie. pointed at both ends with chamfered tops, keeled with pyramidal tops to downstream side. One of a series of bridges built between Farnham and Guildford by the Monks with important historical associations. Scheduled Ancient Monument: Surrey Antiquity No. 30.
Listing NGR: SU9217743926
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