Palladian Bridge Wilton, England
Listed Building Data
Palladian Bridge has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1023763
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 4 August 1951
- Name
- PALLADIAN BRIDGE
- Location
- PALLADIAN BRIDGE
- Parish
- Wilton
- District
- Wiltshire
- Grid Reference
- SU 09975 30854
- Easting
- 409975.0000
- Northing
- 130854.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
- 5409 WILTON PARK Palladian Bridge SU 03 SE 1/1F 4.8.51. I
2. 1736-1737. Completed by Roger Morris, as clerk of works. The design inspired by Palladio's rejected design for the Rialto Bridge in Venice (inter alia), adapted and supervised by Henry 9th Earl of Pembroke. Covered bridge with 5 bay Ionic colonnade on balustraded parapet. End pavilions with pedimented breaks on each face and arched openings. Pulvinated frieze and modillion cornice. Approached on each side by balustraded stairs leading to balustraded platforms. Interior: arches into end pavilions with scroll keys. Enriched cornice and lozenge pattern ceiling divisons. Bridge stands on a central and 2 flanking arches in rusticated basement with 2 further arches to carry stairs. Keystone of one of the arches marked "J C 1737".
Listing NGR: SU0997530854
