Building record 0420802020 - PALLADIAN BRIDGE

Summary

Eighteenth century Palladian-style covered bridge.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (I) 1289750: THE PALLADIAN BRIDGE
  • SHINE: Stowe medieval to post medieval landscape garden, medieval deserted villages of Lamport & Boycott, shrunken village of Daford, also moats, manors and fishponds, ridge and furrow earthworks & cropmarks, and areas of ancient semi natural woodland

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Type and Period (1)

  • BRIDGE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Grade I. Covered bridge. Building in 1738, one year after the similar bridge at Wilton House, Wiltshire, of which it is a near copy. At first the east side had a solid wall with sculpture, removed and columns substituted 1762. Ashlar stone, rusticated to bridge, 3 arches with carved keyblocks. 5 bay Ionic colonnade flanked by pedimented pavilions with attached columns framing semi-circular headed arches with scroll keyblocks to sides. Carved heads to ends. Balustraded parapet to bridge. Coffered ceiling with colonnade (B14).
The National Trust Survey of Stowe undertaken in 1989 notes that the solid wall relief carving was removed in 1762 and re-used on the pediment of the Temple of Concord and Victory (B13,B20).
Included in English Heritage's Buildings ar Risk Registers. In 1999-2006 described as priority 3 (D): 'Slow decay; solution agreed but not yet implemented'. In 2007 described as priority E: 'Under repair…'; in 2008-9 priority D: 'Steady decay…Holding repairs carried out but more work needed'; in 2011 priority D: 'Slow decay, solution agreed but not yet implemented'; in 2015-2018 priority C: 'Slow decay; no solution agreed'; in 2019-2023 priority A: 'Immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric; no solution agreed'. (B33,B37-39,B43,B45,B48,B54,B64,B68-70,B73,B76-77,B82,B84).

Sources (22)

  • ---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
  • <13>SBC16362 Bibliographic reference: WAINWRIGHT A 1989 NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: STOWE (COPY, FILED).
  • <14>SBC3681 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p30.
  • <20>SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Survey Report).
  • <33>SBC22671 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2006. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2006. p52.
  • <37>SBC19679 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1999. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 1999. p54.
  • <38>SBC19680 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2001. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2001. p57.
  • <39>SBC19681 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2002. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2002. p55.
  • <43>SBC22953 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2007. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2007. p50.
  • <45>SBC23138 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2008. Heritage at Risk Register 2008. p212.
  • <48>SBC23453 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2009. Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South East. p28.
  • <54>SBC24032 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2011. Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South East. p23.
  • <64>SBC24601 Digital archive: Historic England. 2015. Heritage at Risk Register 2015.
  • <68>SBC24775 Digital archive: Historic England. 2016. Heritage at Risk Register 2016. p5.
  • <69>SBC24932 Digital archive: Historic England. 2017. Heritage at Risk Register 2017.
  • <70>SBC25083 Digital archive: Historic England. 2018. Heritage at Risk Register 2018.
  • <73>SBC25245 Digital archive: Historic England. 2019. Heritage at Risk Register 2019. p131.
  • <75>SBC25496 Bibliographic reference: Marshall G Hall. 2021. Historic Bridges of Buckinghamshire. pp48-51.
  • <76>SBC25497 Digital archive: Historic England. 2020. Heritage at Risk Register 2020.
  • <77>SBC25511 Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. Heritage at Risk Register 2021.
  • <82>SBC25896 Digital archive: Historic England. 2022. Heritage at Risk Register 2022.
  • <84>SBC26583 Digital archive: Historic England. 2023. Heritage at Risk Register 2023.

Location

Grid reference SP 68002 37192 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13583)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2023 2:50PM

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