NHER 245 (Structure record) - Blackfriars or St George's Bridge
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Bridge 1784 by Sir John Soane.
Portland stone with iron balustrades. Single span with rusticated voussoirs, flanked by covered niches. Balustrades have lattice panels and pedimented sections at each end. (S1) states bridge is 13.6m (44 feet 6 inches) long, has cantilevered iron footpaths.
E. Rose (NAU), 10 January 1997.
St Margaret Newebrigge (1289). Rebuilt stone 1586 and again 1783.
Newbrigge 1284.
1936. Dredged from River Wensum near St Georges Bridge.
Nearly complete Rhenish stoneware jug bottle.
Complete early 17th century beer mug, Rhenish.
See file for further details.
September 2005. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks during renovation of the south bank. No contexts used.
No features or finds of archaeological interest were observed during the work.
See report (S2) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2008.68).
J. Allen (NLA), 28 April 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 May 2019.
March 2010.
A £50,000 resoration project was undertaken in 2009.
See (S3) for further details,
H. White, (NLA), 25 March 2010
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1372480.
- --- SNF2685 Monograph: Jennings, S. 1981. Eighteen Centuries of Pottery from Norwich. East Anglian Archaeology. No 13.
- --- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 279.
- --- SNF87229 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
- --- SNF87229 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
- --- SNF87213 Record Card: NCM Staff. 1973-1989. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card - Norwich.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- <S1> SNF6660 Monograph: Labrun, E.A.. 1994. Civil Engineering Heritage, East and Central England..
- <S2> SNF62986 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2006. An Archaeological Watching Brief at St George's Bridge, St George's Street, Norwich. NAU Archaeology. 1104.
- <S3> SNF73547 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Bridge restoration work wins national recognition. 5 March.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Sep 23 2022 5:13PM