Bridge. c1484 with C16 and C17 repairs; widened and toll house built 1814; footway added 1827; later parapets. For Sir Hugh Clopton; footway by J Nicolls, made by the Eagle Foundry, Birmingham. Coursed squared stone and ashlar with cast-iron. 14 segmental pointed arches with platt band and plain parapets over; widened to north side, which has cutwaters. Cast-iron footway to north side is cantilevered on lattice work brackets with enriched spandrels; scrolled supports to posts, which support panels of rails with semicircular links to head and foot. 10-sided toll house to south of west end has platt band and crenellated parapet. Entrance, in porch to return, has 4-centred head and door of 4 arched panels, porch is weather-boarded to return and rear. Windows have sills and 4-centred heads, most are blind, some have small-paned casements of 2 pointed lights. Bell-form rainwater head. The bridge was originally attached to a causeway to the west. An important survival of a medieval bridge forming a significant landscape feature. A Scheduled Ancient Monument.

John Haselden

August 5, 2021

Many visitors to Stratford will drive over this 15th Century bridge on their way into the town but it is worth taking a walk back over the bridge (on the narrow pedestrian section) to really appreciate it. The short tower was actually the Toll House but is now rented out as office space. I can recommend the Marina Cafe (or La Marina) if you fancy a rest and a coffee or even some tapas. It is on the left as you walk away from the town centre over the bridge.

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Location: Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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