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Built of dark sandstone, probably quarried from close at hand, it is an excellent example of the later Parliamentary bridges which were put up in this area long after their original designer, Thomas Telford, had ceased working on them. One typical feature is the abutment walls which slope slightly inwards, or, one could say, are shallow buttresses. This batter coming against the vertical spandrels creates a squared step at the springing. The size of this step is determined by the voussoirs thickness. It is built of coursed tooled rubble, the squarish stones fitting neatly enough together. The arch is low to the water, the abutment footing having only four courses above the river. [1]
