Castle Bridge is a
grade II* listed
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road bridge in
Warwick
Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...
,
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
,
England
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, which carries the
A425 road
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over the
River Avon.
In 1788, the Earl of Warwick,
George Greville had obtained an Act of Parliament to build a new bridge over the Avon. The bridge was built between 1790 and 1793, at a cost of around £3,258, some 400 metres east of
Warwick Castle
Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort, originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England, situated on a meander of the River Avon. The original wooden motte-an ...
. It consists of a single arch made from
sandstone
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.
It replaced an older medieval bridge further downstream, which became known as
Old Castle Bridge
The Old Castle Bridge in Warwick, England is a ruined medieval bridge. The multi-arch stone bridge was built across the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon a short distance south-east of the centre of Warwick town and immediately upstream of th ...
, and is now a ruin.
References
Buildings and structures in Warwick
Bridges in Warwickshire
Grade II* listed buildings in Warwickshire
Bridges completed in 1793
Arch bridges in the United Kingdom
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