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Designations

• Scheduled Monument () 1006362: Chiselhampton Bridge
• Listed Building (II) 1048022: CHISELHAMPTON BRIDGE

Monument Type(s):

• BRIDGE (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1575 AD to 2000 AD)

Summary

Probably late C16th bridge, partly rebuilt after Civil War and widened in C20th. OCC maintain while used as highway

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds:

Description

SU5998 STADHAMPTON B480
13/123 Chiselhampton
18/07/63 Chiselhampton Bridge
GV II
Bridge. Probably late C16, partly rebuilt after Civil War and widened C20. Limestone rubble with squared dressings and some ashlar at lower level. East face has irregularly-spaced triangular cutwaters and 8 eliptical arches. The parapet and the whole of the west face are C20
(V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol. VII, p.5)
Listing NGR: SU 59398 98751
(2) No stone parapets, but posts and rails. Scene of a Civil War skirmish between Prince Rupert and the Parliamentarians. Bridge has 8 arches, 5 spanning river channel, 3 over the flood plain to the S. Originally timer structure with stone arches. Probably rebuilt wholly in stone in late C16; partly rebuilt again after Civil War when scene of skirmish between Prince Rupert and Parliamentarians (1643). Now 8 elliptical arches with irregularly spaced triangular cutwaters
(3) Recent restoration (c.1979) has resulted in parapet renewed including cutwater and refuges. Division between old and new work is quite clearly seen. It apparently used to have posts and rails on either side but these curiously enough do not appear on Cobb's drawing
(4) Not classifiable for MPP because of late C16th date
7-10) Transferred to Oxon History Centre.

<1> Dept of Environment/DCMS, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, South Oxon List 101: 13/123, p.61 (Index). SOX260.

<2> English Heritage, Scheduled Ancient Monuments Record, SAM 9 (Scheduling record). SOX283.

<3> Field Notes/Field Visit, J M Steane (1979) (Unpublished document). SOX261.

<3a> CBA South Midlands Group, South Midlands Archaeology, CBA9 NL 11 (1981) pp.93-4 (Serial). SOX5.

<4> MPP Documents for Oxfordshire, S Lisk, 6.4.93 (Index). SOX259.

<5> Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1974, The Buildings of England - Oxfordshire, p.543 (Bibliographic reference). SOX380.

<6> Victoria County History of Oxford, Vol 7 (1962) pp.5,8,83 (Serial). SOX252.

<7> Additional Information in Detailed Record File, Late 19th century drawing of bridge by Cobb and brief correspondence relating to cracked piers (1960 (Index). SOX258.

<8> Black and White print photographs, 2 aerial views of bridge taken in 1972 by Helicopter Training School, Netheravon (Photograph). SOX315.

<9> HER Map Cabinet, Plans by architects' of proposed improvements and construction details (1966) (Graphic material). SOX326.

<10> English Heritage (RCHME), 1987-1989, Historic Buildings Photographic Record Card (Photograph). SOX2063.

<11> OCC Property & Facilities, 2011, K2 Property Database on Bridges, Jenny Johnson, 13.10.2011. See Associated Files (Unpublished note). SOX2845.

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