Weir, Stone Basin And Footbridge At Lake Outlet, Ripley Castle

SE 2860-2960 8/107 15.3.66

RIPLEY, RIPLEY PARK, Weir, stone basin and footbridge at lake outlet, Ripley Castle (formerly listed as Cast-iron bridge over water-fall at Ripley Castle and weir at Ripley Castle)

GV II

Weir, stone lined basin and footbridge at the lake outlet. 1843-4 for Sir William Amcott Ingilby. Weir and basin lining of large gritstone blocks; cast-iron footbridge. The weir is horse-shoe shaped and forms a cascade of 6 tiers; the stone basin is approximately 3 metres deep and stone lined. It abuts the Tower Bridge (qv). The walls of the basin are built up to provide support for the footbridge. This has a single shallow span, the iron walkway supported by a single rib. In Gothick style, with 2 pairs of solid standards decorated with trefoiled panels and having rounded pyramidal caps. The railings have 2 tiers of trefoil arches with a band of cinquefoil roundels at the base and a moulded handrail which ramps down to ground level at each end. The standards have the cast inscription: "JOSEPH BUTLER / & CO / OLD FOUNDRY / STAININGLEY". Sir William Amcott Ingilby had the Ripley lake made in 1843-44 as part of the landscaping of the park to earlier designs by Capability Brown. See North Yorkshire Historic Gardens Register - Ripley Castle, Grade II.

Listing NGR: SE2818060439