Rowsley Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1950. A C15 Bridge.
Rowsley Bridge
- WRENN ID
- cold-attic-fern
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1950
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rowsley Bridge, originating in the C15, widened in the 1920s.
MATERIALS: constructed from sandstone ashlar with a modern road surface laid on granite setts.
PLAN: the bridge spans the river Derwent, and is orientated roughly north to south.
DESCRIPTION: a multi-span bridge of five arches. The east side is essentially unaltered; the wide, stepped pointed arches are separated by triangular cutwaters with stepped sloping tops. The straight parapet has triangular coping stones. The west side of the bridge replicates the general form, though has segmental arches and the parapet has flat coping stones. The parapet wall has a stone inscribed ‘ROWSLEY BRIDGE / WIDENED 1925-6 / J W HORTON, M INST CE / COUNTY SURVEYOR / C F TOMLINSON / CONTRACTOR’.
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