Stone Wharf Bridge (MLN111042)

Stone Wharf Bridge is a Grade II listed structure made from squared and coursed Pennant stone walling, with Bath ashlar dressings used for the voussoirs, quoins, string course, and copings.

On the south elevation, which faces the A4 Bath-Bristol Turnpike, the bridge features a detailed design with a depressed, four-centred arch that spans 16 feet (5 meters). The arch has chamfered voussoirs that end at the footings with chamfer stops, and there is a low continuous chamfered plinth at the abutments. Flanking the archway are stepped buttresses, which have offsets with drip-mould and arris. Beyond these buttresses, the wall continues straight and parallel to the trackbed, featuring wing walls with a string course that merges with the tops of the upper offsets of the buttresses. Above this, there is a continuous parapet that ends in projecting piers, all unified by chamfered coping. C20 steel railings are mounted above the coping.

The north elevation, which faces fields, presents a much simpler design. Here, the ashlar dressing is limited to the coping, and there are no mouldings. The plain chamfered four-centred arch is complemented by a plain wall face, with raked wing walls that are nearly perpendicular to the railway. This side lacks a parapet, but like the south elevation, it also has C20 steel railings mounted above the coping.

The arch soffit and carriageway faces remain unaltered throughout.