Listed Building: FOSS BRIDGE (1257827)

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Grade II*
NHLE 1257827
Date assigned 14 June 1954
Date last amended

Description

YORK SE6051NE FOSSGATE 1112-1/17/8 Foss Bridge 14/06/54 (Formerly Listed as: Foss Bridge) GV II* Bridge. 1811-12; lamp standards erected 1975. By Peter Atkinson, junior. Ashlar gritstone. Single span with elliptical arch of alternately long and short voussoirs between rusticated pilaster piers. Plain cornice surmounted by parapet of bulbous balusters with moulded coping, broken in centre by sunk-panelled pier. Pilasters rise into parapet as plain terminal piers. Gas lamps on central piers replacements from New Walk. (Murray H, Riddick S & Green R: York through the Eyes of the Artist: York City Art Gallery: 1990-: 155; City of York: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 104). Listing NGR: SE6059751691

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Grid reference SE 6059 5169 (point)
Map sheet SE65SW

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Record last edited

Nov 30 2021 9:27PM

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