Kildwick Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. A 1305-1313 Bridge.
Kildwick Bridge
- WRENN ID
- night-plinth-crag
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 04 NW KILDWICK KEIGHLEY ROAD
1/16 Kildwick Bridge
10.9.54
GV I
Bridge. 1305 - 1313 for the monks of Bolton Abbey, widened on east side 1780, parapet and flanking walls repaired C19, strengthened 1961. Ashlar with gritstone rubble patching and repairs. 4 arches, pointed cutwaters. West side with medieval work has 2 pointed northern arches and 2 round arches to south. Chamfered voussoirs and 5 deep chamfered ribs to each arch. Projecting band at road level; ridged parapet coping. East side: 4 round arches, projecting band and parapet as west, shallow buttresses rising from the cutwaters. One of the earliest documented medieval bridges, work continuing from 1305 until 1313 with a break during 1311; costs to masons, carters, stone-breakers, are recorded and a lime kiln was constructed in 1308. The bridge carried the main routeway for monks from Bolton Abbey, across the River Aire towards Lancashire. E. Jervoise, Ancient Bridges in the North of England, 1931, p100. R. Mason, Telegraph and Argus, March 15, 1980, article.
Listing NGR: SE0111545699
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