List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: BARNARD CASTLE BRIDGE (THAT PART IN BARNARD CASTLE CIVIL PARISH) AND ATTACHED WALL TO SOUTH EAST
List Entry Number: 1201056
Location
BARNARD CASTLE BRIDGE (THAT PART IN BARNARD CASTLE CIVIL PARISH) AND ATTACHED WALL TO SOUTH EAST, BRIDGEGATE
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: County Durham
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Barnard Castle
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 24-Feb-1950
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 388635
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List Entry Description
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Details
BARNARD CASTLE
NZ0416SE BRIDGEGATE
770-1/5/6 (West side)
24/02/50 Barnard Castle Bridge (that part in
Barnard Castle CP) and attached wall
to SE
GV I
Bridge over River Tees, formerly on boundary between the
counties of Durham and Yorkshire, with adjoining wall and
retaining wall along Bridgegate. Probably C14; repaired in
1596 according to re-set inscription: `1596 ER' said to have
come from bridge and now in adjoining south-east wall on
approach to Bridgegate. Parapets repaired after 1771 flood.
Ashlar.
4 wide ribs to each of 2 pointed arches with 3 offsets
flanking pointed cutwater; road-bed rises to highest point
over eastern arch. Pedestrian refuges over cutwater, that
downstream with inscription Y N R for Yorkshire North Riding,
since this was the boundary between the counties until 1974.
Squinches at north-west and south-east external corners have
been renewed.
Retaining wall to river bank below Bridgegate has large, wide,
pointed relieving arch, possibly associated with the Castle
above (qv).
See also Startforth CP.
(Austin D: Barnard Castle (English Heritage Official guide
book): London: 1988-: 35).
Listing NGR: NZ0481516389
Selected Sources
Books and journalsAustin, D , Official Guide to Barnard Castle Durham, (1988), 35
Map
National Grid Reference: NZ 04812 16389
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