Monument record MLI10033 - Cowbridge Iron Footbridge, Fishtoft

Summary

Cast-iron pedestrian bridge crossing the Maud Foster Drain. Constructed in 1811 by the Butterley Works in Derbyshire.

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  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1811 AD to 2050 AD)

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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}{5} Cowbridge footbridge is 10ft 3" wide at the front and 4ft 9" in the centre. The arch is 64ft wide. {6} 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. The structure had originally been designated as a Scheduled Monument (in 1971), although this scheduling was subsequently revoked in July 2012, when the footbridge was instead designated as a Listed Building. For the full description of this listed building please refer to the National Heritage List for England. {7}{8}{9} The surface of the bridge was originally pebbled. {10}{11}

Sources/Archives (11)

  •  Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1970. AM 107. SAM 249.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 34 NW: G.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.279.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Neil R. Wright. 1983. A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Lincolnshire Including South Humberside. p.13, no.30.5.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Neil R. Wright. 2004. Lincolnshire's Industrial Heritage - A Guide. BN7, p.7.
  •  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.
  •  Unpublished Document: English Heritage / Historic England. 2008->. Advice Report from a Heritage Asset Assessment. Case No.466058.
  •  Index: Historic England. 2012->. Designation Decision Records (De-Designated and Non-Designated Entries). 1410891.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1403760.
  •  Index: Lincoln Local History Society. 1964-66. LLHS Industrial Archaeology Report Cards. LI/SLHA/NRW21.
  •  Index: 1992-97. Index Record for Industrial Sites. LI /SLHA/NRW49.

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Grid reference Centred TF 32852 47107 (36m by 8m) Surveyed
Civil Parish FISHTOFT, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Sep 15 2024 4:56PM

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