St Petersgate Bridge

Heritage listing

Details Road bridge, two commercial premises, two flights of pedestrian steps. 1866-8. Designer, R Rawlinson, engineer, Brierley of Blackburn. Brick, stone piers, parapets, dressings, and steps, cast-iron deck and balustrades. PLAN: bridge runs north-south, carrying St Petersgate over Little Underbank, which runs east-west. Five brick arches and deck of cast-iron beams over the street. One brick arch to north, incorporating premises of No. 15 Little Underbank, cast-iron deck, four brick arches to south; two incorporating premises of No. 14 (Turners Vaults) Little Underbank, with Royal Oak Yard to the rear. Flight of steps rising against north-east side of bridge to St Petersgate, with dog-leg at north end. Flight of steps rising against south-west of bridge to St Petersgate. EXTERIOR: on St Petersgate, the brick bridge has a stone parapet with curved coping and square stone piers with dentil cornices, segmental pediments and domed caps with original iron stands supporting modern lamps. The deck over the street has cast-iron balustrades. At the centre of each balustrade is an iron cartouche; on the outer side is the town coat of arms with lion and Britannia supporters, on the inner side is the town coat of arms with the date 1868. The outer iron beams of the deck have ornamental mouldings and brackets visible from Little Underbank. On Little Underbank the brick supports to either side of the road have rock-faced stone quoining to the corners and pilasters flanking the bridge deck. Each support contains a commercial premises with a two-storey elevation of three bays, a stone plinth, and central segmental-arched doorway with stone imposts. The doorways have double, panelled doors, with single-pane overlights. Flanking each doorway is a round-headed window with moulded ston

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.