Bridge Number 65 is a Grade II* listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. A Georgian Bridge.
Bridge Number 65
- WRENN ID
- eternal-brass-tide
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1951
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Georgian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SP7941 16/7
COSGROVE, GRAND UNION CANAL Bridge No.65
(Formerly listed as Canal Bridge (Solmon's Bridge))
01/12/51
II*
Canal bridge. c.1800. Dressed limestone. Gothick style. Single-span bridge with wide slightly pointed arch and curved feet. Arch has blank cusped panels and keyblock. Semi-octagonal buttresses either side of arch have quatrefoil frieze to base and ogee half-cupolas and are flanked by ogee-headed niches. Panelled parapets with circular piers either end. In 1800 the two halves of the Grand Junction Canal met here. Construction began at Brentford in Middlesex and Braunston, Northamptonshire. It is said that a certain Colonel Solmons, 'Lord of the Manor', agreed to the cutting of the canal on condition that he was allowed to erect the necessary bridge. However the Lord of the Manor at this time was George Biggin Esq., whose residence, Cosgrove Priory, is in sight of the bridge. The proximity may explain the bridge's unusually ornamental appearance. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire: 1933, p159; Wolverton Historical Journal: 1970, pp34-40)
Listing NGR: SP7928942742
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