Bensons Bridge

Double-arch humpback limestone bridge, built c.1800, carrying road over stream. Round arches, having dressed stone voussoirs and gunnelled soffits. Arch to west now dry and having cement to river bed. Arches and central pier reinforced with concrete. V-shaped cutwaters of squared stone with conical caps to each elevation. Random rubble stone to spandrels and parapets, portions of dressed stone copings to parapets.

This simple but well-executed bridge carries a road over a stream, and is representative as such of the improved road network in the early nineteenth century. It also straddles the border between the island's two jurisdictions. Its name, Benson’s Bridge, signifies that it may have a connection to the adjacent windmill, built by Samuel Benson. Tooled stone detailing to the voussoirs and copings provide contrast to the rubble stone walls.