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: OLD DEE BRIDGE
List entry Number: 1375850
Location
OLD DEE BRIDGE, HANDBRIDGE
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Unitary Authority | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 28-Jul-1955
Date of most recent amendment: 23-Jul-1998
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 469829
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List entry Description
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History
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Details
CHESTER CITY (EM)
SJ4065 HANDBRIDGE
1932-1/8/165 Old Dee Bridge
28/07/55
(Formerly Listed as:
Old Dee Bridge)
GV I
Road bridge over River Dee. Late C14, altered 1826. Red
sandstone. 7 arches, from north to south: a pair of segmental
arches north of diagonal weir; serving leat to former Mills of
Dee then by hydro-electric power station; cutwater at weir,
then plain abutment to first, parabolic, river arch; cutwater;
pointed arch with moulded arris; cutwater; narrower arch with
moulded arris; cutwater; broad segmental arch with moulded
arris; bottom stage forming rectangular projection upstream
for former gate-tower; large cutwater; narrow segmental arch
probably in place of former drawbridge. The bridge was
widened, upstream, in 1826, to provide a footway, partly
corbelled.
The present bridge replaced earlier medieval bridges, probably
of timber, and is believed to stand on the site of a Roman
bridge.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Hubbard E: Cheshire:
Harmondsworth: 1971-: 157-8; Bartholomew City Guides: Harris
B: Chester: Edinburgh: 1979-: 136).
Listing NGR: SJ4071765745
Selected Sources
- Article Reference - Author: B Harris - Title: Chester - Date: 1979 - Journal Title: Bartholomew City Guides - Page References: 136
- Article Reference - Author: Nikolaus Pevsner and Edward Hubbard - Title: Cheshire - Date: 1971 - Journal Title: The Buildings of England - Page References: 157-8
National Grid Reference: SJ 40717 65745
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