Lintzford Bridge
Lintzford Bridge
HER Number
1944
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Lintzford Bridge
Place
Lintzford
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Road Bridge
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
This bridge was listed Grade II in 1950 with the following description:
'Bridge. Late C18. Coursed squared sandstone. Wide elliptical arch. 4 graduated round openings in each spandrel to high-centred band at road-bed level. Chamfered stone coping, wrought iron lampholders, and 4 domed-topped piers to parapets. Partly in Blaydon parish, Gateshead District.'
A remarkable coursed squared sandstone-built road bridge with single, very wide flat segmental arch whose voussoirs noticeably increase in size from crown to springings. Projecting string course at tangent to crown, carries parapet. Each spandrel pierced four times with diminishing circular holes in the style of Edward's 1756 bridge at Pontypridd. Bridge House of three storeys on east side.
'Bridge. Late C18. Coursed squared sandstone. Wide elliptical arch. 4 graduated round openings in each spandrel to high-centred band at road-bed level. Chamfered stone coping, wrought iron lampholders, and 4 domed-topped piers to parapets. Partly in Blaydon parish, Gateshead District.'
A remarkable coursed squared sandstone-built road bridge with single, very wide flat segmental arch whose voussoirs noticeably increase in size from crown to springings. Projecting string course at tangent to crown, carries parapet. Each spandrel pierced four times with diminishing circular holes in the style of Edward's 1756 bridge at Pontypridd. Bridge House of three storeys on east side.
Easting
414968
Northing
557199
Grid Reference
NZ414968557199
Sources
<< HER 1944 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 18; Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 9/16; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Lintzford Conservation Area, pp 15-17; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1240893