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Summary

There has been a bridge on this site since the 12th century. The present structure dates from 1849 and incorporates remains of the earlier bridge.

Full description

PRN 37181
This stone bridge dates to 1849. It was designed by Edward Browning and has three segmental arches. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {1}
There has been a bridge on this site since the 12th century (a bridge is mentioned in Domesday Book but its location in uncertain). The medieval bridge was a stone structure with five arches. By the late middle ages it had a gateway at its north end, the upper part of which was used at the town hall. This was demolished around 1778 when the Wansford Road Turnpike Trustees improved the road and built a new town hall on St Mary's Street (PRN 38261). In the 1840s it was agreed that a new bridge was needed and the demolition and rebuilding was carried out in 1847-49, during which time a diversion was provided across George Bridge, the Meadows and Lammas Bridge to Sheepmarket. The medieval bridge was recorded in the early 19th century, and remains consisting of a single blocked arch survive beneath the south approach of the present structure. {2}

<1> Department of the Environment, 1974, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 1/498 (Index). SLI6708.

<2> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1977, An Inventory of Historical Monuments. The Town of Stamford, No 64, pp 54-64, plates 4, 157 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI912.

<3> Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram, 1989, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition), p 699 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1062.

Monument Types

• BRIDGE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1100 AD to 1847 AD)
• GATEHOUSE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1778 AD)
• BRIDGE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1849 AD to 2050 AD)

Associated Events

• Site visit to the Town Bridge, Stamford

Protected Status

• Listed Building
• Conservation Area

Sources and further reading

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