Queensberry Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1988. Bridge.

Queensberry Bridge

WRENN ID: watchful-transept-mallow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Wiltshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 10 October 1988
Type: Bridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

AMESBURY CHURCH. STREET SU 1541 11/10 Queensberry Bridge

II Road bridge over the River Avon. 1775 by John Smeaton. Limestone ashlar on elm plank foundations. Central horizontal section of 3 segmental arches of rusticated voussoirs and raised keyblocks, meeting string band at base of parapet. At each end a smaller single arch similarly turned. Cutwaters to piers both sides. Parapet has raised central panel bearing incised inscription MDCCLXXV each side. Bridge widens at abutments and terminates with rusticated quoins. (Turner, T. The Engineer of his Age CL. 6.6.1974. design in Royal Society)

Listing NGR: SU1510741309

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