Panters Bridge

Panters Bridge is a two-span bridge that dates from the early 15th century and includes earlier materials. It has been closed to motor traffic since 1968.

The bridge spans the River Bedalder from the north-east to the south-west, featuring two arches that measure 22 meters long on the north side and 44.5 meters long on the south side, with widths ranging from approximately 3 meters in the center to 8 meters at the south-west end. It is primarily built of slatestone rubble, with some granite slabs and blocks, and the varying sizes of the materials indicate areas of later rebuilding and maintenance. The arches are slightly pointed and consist of double arch rings made of slate, with the inner ring being slightly recessed. They spring from a low level above the riverbed, and the abutment walls extend across both riverbanks for several meters.

The central pier that separates the arches features pointed cutwaters, which continue into the parapet as triangular refuges. The sides of the bridge rise above the carriageway as parapets, which continue above the abutments and decrease in height. The north-western parapet ends at the abutments, while the south-eastern parapet extends to flank the approach to the bridge. The parapets vary in height and are topped with iron-cramped granite coping slabs, some of which have a slight chamfer along each upper edge. Additionally, the southern face of the south-west abutment contains an earlier abutment, visible as a wall of coursed large granite blocks that slopes south-west and is visible for 5.5 meters adjacent to the bank.