Catterick Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1969. A Medieval Bridge.
Catterick Bridge
- WRENN ID
- iron-gravel-acorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1969
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Catterick Bridge is a bridge built in 1422, likely rebuilt between 1565 and 1590, with significant repairs in the 17th century and widening in 1792. It was originally commissioned by William de Burgh of Brough Hall, with the widening carried out by John Carr of York. The bridge is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features four arches separated by triangular cutwaters that have hollow-chamfered tops and lead to canted pedestrian retreats. There is a band along the structure, and the parapets have triangular coping that ends in circular bollards, with the downstream parapet curving outward.
The upstream side of the bridge has an older section with the central two arches featuring two slightly-pointed chamfered orders, while the outer arches are semicircular and faced with 18th-century stonework. The undersides of the earlier arches display masons' marks. The downstream side, attributed to Carr, includes three semicircular arches and one segmental arch, all with torus archivolts. There is a small barrel-vaulted chamber in the spandrel next to the southernmost arch on the downstream side. The contract for the bridge's construction is preserved in the County Record Office.
Additionally, there was a chantry chapel dedicated to St Anne, founded in 1505, located on the southeast side of the medieval bridge. Part of the downstream parapet was dismantled at the time of the resurvey. The bridge is scheduled as an Ancient Monument and is partly located in the parish of Brough with St Giles.
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