Broken Bridge

Freestanding triple-span road bridge, built c. 1820, spanning the River Deel. Camber-headed arches with tooled limestone voussoirs and dressed stone soffits. Springing from dressed rubble stone piers with tooled limestone quoins and later render skirting to base. Triangular tooled limestone cutwaters to south elevation with tooled limestone and render capping. Dressed rubble stone spandrels surmounted by dressed rubble stone parapet walls with dressed rubble stone coping. Coursed dressed rubble stone abutments to banks.

The design of this bridge shows evidence of both skilled engineering and well crafted stone work with finely tooled voussoirs and cutwaters. The contrasting fabrics of rubble stone and more refined voussoirs add a degree of interest to this fine bridge.