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: PREBENDS BRIDGE
List Entry Number: 1121354
Location
PREBENDS 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: 06-May-1952
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 110442
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List Entry Description
Summary of Building
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History
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Details
DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE RIVER WEAR
NZ 2741 NW
16/387 Prebends' Bridge
6/5/52
GV I
Bridge. 1772-8 by George Nicholson for the Dean and Chapter of Durham; restored
1955-6. Coursed squared sandstone and ashlar. 3 round arches with rusticated
voussoirs; rusticated cutwaters; large 3-sided buttresses with tops forming
refuges in parapet. Pilasters frame sections of parapet above arches, the outer
ones balustraded. Abutments canted in to bridge width. Low-chamfered coping
to parapets which end in ogee-domed coping on band continuous with parapet
coping. Outer faces have bands at road bed level and stone drains protruding
beneath them.
A scheduled ancient monument.
Listing NGR: NZ2714541856
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Map
National Grid Reference: NZ 27145 41856
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