Rockwork Bridge Stourton with Gasper, England
Listed Building Data
Rockwork 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1199172
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 6 January 1966
- Name
- ROCKWORK BRIDGE
- Location
- ROCKWORK BRIDGE
- Parish
- Stourton with Gasper
- District
- Wiltshire
- Grid Reference
- ST 77266 33837
- Easting
- 377266.4160
- Northing
- 133837.2300
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
STOURTON WITH GASPER STOURHEAD GARDENS ST 73 SE (east side) 6/146 Rockwork Bridge 6.1.66 (formerly listed as The Rock Bridge) GV I Rustic bridge carrying track from lake to Temple of Apollo (q.v.) over the Zeals Road. 1762-65. Rustic limestone. Segmental-arched bridge with rough niches and revetment walls, track over is approached by steps lined with rockwork with several platforms with niches and 'windows', small rockwork bridge frames the path as it crosses the main bridge. The Hermitage built in 1771 and dismantled 1814 was incorporated into the picturesque approach to the rockwork bridge. (K. Woodbridge, The Stourhead Landscape, 1982)
Listing NGR: ST7726533837
