Monument record MLI10033 - Cowbridge Iron Footbridge, Fishtoft
Summary
Cowbridge Iron Footbridge, Fishtoft.
Type and Period (1)
- FOOTBRIDGE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1811 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
An elegant cast iron footbridge, over the Maud Foster Drain. The bridge is single span with twin ribs, cast iron railings and brick abutments. It is a pair with the Hospital Bridge Lane footbridge, Boston and was cast at Butterley Ironworks in 1811. The condition was good apart from railings where some repairs have been made. {1}{2}{3}
Originally there were three matching bridges - the third was Vauxhall Bridge which was destroyed in 1924. The bridges were designed by either John Rennie or William Jessop. {4}
Cowbridge footbridge was 10 feet 3 inches wide at the front and 4 feet 9 inches in the centre. The arch was 64 feet wide. {5}
The engineer John Rennie was commissioned to build the Maud Foster Sluice in 1807, at the point where the drain discharges into the Haven, part of a further fenland reclamation scheme. The two cast-iron footbridges, Cowbridge and Hospital Bridge, were constructed in 1811 by the nationally important Butterley Company, Ripley, Derbyshire. The ramped, narrow, single span bridge has plain vertical railings and in the middle of both sides of the supporting girder is stamped 'CAST AT BUTTERLEY 1811'. The balustrade continues for a short distance along either bank. At each end of the span, and at the termination of the balustrades, there are pairs of ashlared gritstone piers. For the full description of this listed building please refer to the National Heritage List for England. {6}
The surface of the bridge was originally pebbled. {7}
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SLI4007 Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1970. AM 107. SAM 249.
- <2> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 34 NW: G.
- <3> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.279.
- <4> SLI9583 Bibliographic Reference: Neil R. Wright. 2004. Lincolnshire's Industrial Heritage - A Guide. BN7, p.7.
- <5> SLI12270 Article in Serial: Chambers, J.I.. 1972. 'St. Mark's Station, Lincoln: An Architectural Comment' in Lincolnshire Industrial Archaeology. vol.7, no.1, pp.4-5.
- <6> SLI13386 Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1403760.
- <7> SLI2304 Index: Lincoln Local History Society. 1964-66. LLHS Industrial Archaeology Report Cards. LI/SLHA/NRW21.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 32852 47107 (36m by 8m) Surveyed |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FISHTOFT, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 3 2023 3:17PM
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