Besthill Bridge (That Part In Longdendale)

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SJ 99 SE LONGDENDALE LOWER MARKET STREET

7/65 Besthill Bridge - (that part in Longdendale) - II Road bridge of several builds but said to date from 1683 (Pevsner). Irregular squared rubble with dressed stone parapets. One large pointed arch span which is double- recessed.Chamfered coping stones to parapet walls which were formerly hump-backed like the road, both of which are now flat. A bridge of a particularly wide span if the date-is to be believed.

Listing NGR: SJ9965993751

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1480 IOE Records taken by Patrick Norris; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Patrick Norris. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project