Somerset Rivers
River Tone Structures

Bradford Bridge

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ridge Name:   Bradford Bridge
No.:   48
Location:    
Build Date:   Medieval Circa 15th Century
Engineer:   Said to have been ‘built by the monks’,
     
       
 
Description:    
Road bridge built of random rubble local stone, ashlar dressings. Two arch span, 4-centred arches chamfered in 2 orders, soffits partly renewed in brick, central cutwater, string course, renewed parapet with chamfered coping. Said to bear date 1698 on parapet. Restored 1698, and late C19.

 

Road bridge over River Tone. C15, restored 1698, and late C19. Random rubble local stone, ashlar dressings, 2-arch span, 4-centred arches chamfered in 2 orders, soffits partly renewed in brick, central cutwater, string course, renewed parapet with chamfered coping. Said to bear date 1698 on parapet but not visible at time of survey (January 1985). Sheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 104). (Photograph in NMR; Mathews, Bradford and its History, 1925). English Heritage Listed Building Number: 270946. First Listed on 25/01/1956.1
     
References:   /www.tauntondeane.gov.uk/tdbcsites/her/her_lb/lbdets.asp?id=001118″>Taunton Deane B C������ �,
The Ancient Bridges of the South of England by Jervoise.
1. Somerset HER 40892