Palladian Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1951. A C18 Bridge.

Palladian Bridge

WRENN ID
kindled-bronze-fen
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1951
Type
Bridge
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. 5409 WILTON PARK Palladian Bridge SU 03 SE 1/1F 4.8.51. I

  2. 1736-1737. Completed by Roger Morris, as clerk of works. The design inspired by Palladio's rejected design for the Rialto Bridge in Venice (inter alia), adapted and supervised by Henry 9th Earl of Pembroke. Covered bridge with 5 bay Ionic colonnade on balustraded parapet. End pavilions with pedimented breaks on each face and arched openings. Pulvinated frieze and modillion cornice. Approached on each side by balustraded stairs leading to balustraded platforms. Interior: arches into end pavilions with scroll keys. Enriched cornice and lozenge pattern ceiling divisons. Bridge stands on a central and 2 flanking arches in rusticated basement with 2 further arches to carry stairs. Keystone of one of the arches marked "J C 1737".

Listing NGR: SU0997530854

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