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Rockwork Bridge

A Grade I Listed Building in Stourton with Gasper, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1034 / 51°6'12"N

Longitude: -2.3261 / 2°19'33"W

OS Eastings: 377266

OS Northings: 133838

OS Grid: ST772338

Mapcode National: GBR 0TV.LS0

Mapcode Global: VH97Z.MJNH

Plus Code: 9C3V4M3F+9H

Entry Name: Rockwork Bridge

Listing Date: 6 January 1966

Last Amended: 9 September 1987

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1199172

English Heritage Legacy ID: 321252

ID on this website: 101199172

Location: Bonham, Wiltshire, BA12

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Stourton with Gasper

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Church of England Parish: Upper Stour

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

Tagged with: Footbridge

Description


STOURTON WITH GASPER STOURHEAD GARDENS ST 73 SE (east side) 6/146 Rockwork Bridge 6.1.66 (formerly listed as The Rock Bridge) GV I Rustic bridge carrying track from lake to Temple of Apollo (q.v.) over the Zeals Road. 1762-65. Rustic limestone. Segmental-arched bridge with rough niches and revetment walls, track over is approached by steps lined with rockwork with several platforms with niches and 'windows', small rockwork bridge frames the path as it crosses the main bridge. The Hermitage built in 1771 and dismantled 1814 was incorporated into the picturesque approach to the rockwork bridge. (K. Woodbridge, The Stourhead Landscape, 1982)

Listing NGR: ST7726533837

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