Axwell Park, bridge

Axwell Park, bridge

HER Number
7911
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Axwell Park, bridge
Place
Axwell Park
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Road Bridge
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Bridge. Late eighteenth/early nineteenth century. Sandstone ashlar and coursed squared sandstone. Stone segmental arch flanked by abutments and pilasters of coursed squared sandstone; ashlar band at road bed level. Flat stone coping to ashlar parapets and to quadrant end walls. Sloped coping to parapet pilasters. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
419150
Northing
561750
Grid Reference
NZ419150561750
Sources
Ordnance Survey first edition map 1850