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: KINGSGATE BRIDGE
List Entry Number: 1119766
Location
KINGSGATE BRIDGE, RIVER WEAR
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: County Durham
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: City of Durham
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 29-May-1998
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 469295
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List Entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
NZ 24 SE DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE RIVER WEAR
1914/6/10001 Kingsgate Bridge
GV I
Footbridge over river. 1963.
Ove Arup and Partners (Ove Arup, engineer). Reinforced concrete;
concrete made with white cement and Shap granite and surfaces grit blasted. Consists of two trough shaped lengths of deck, each supported by V shaped legs on single support at base of V. Halves constructed on banks and rotated about base support to meet over middle of river. Connected by bronze expansion joints in the parapets which are in fonn of a T and a U turned through 90 degrees and interlocking, said to symbolise connection of Town and University. Deck drained by water spouts at regular intervals, which give rhythm to the elevations. Tops of parapets shaped for structural reasons and to provide surface comfortable to the touch. This dramatic, beautifully detailed and ingenious bridge was designed by Sir Ove Arup personally and was commissioned by the University of Durham.
Civic Trust Award 1965. Winner, Concrete Society Certificate ofOutstandingPerfonnance (Mature Structures Category) 1993.
[Concrete Quarterly, January-March 1964]
Listing NGR: NZ2759342106
Selected Sources
Books and journals'Concrete Quarterly' in January-March, (1964)
Map
National Grid Reference: NZ 27593 42106
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