Bywell Bridge is a 19th-century stone bridge across the River Tyne. It is a

Grade II listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ir ...

History

The bridge was opened in 1838. It was built at a cost of £15,000, which was paid by the local landowner T W Beaumont. The designer was the architect

George Basevi Elias George Basevi FRS (1 April 1794 – 16 October 1845) was a British architect who worked in both Neoclassical and Gothic Revival styles. A pupil of Sir John Soane, his designs included Belgrave Square in London, and the Fitzwilliam Mus ...

. The bridge joins

Bywell Bywell is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne opposite Stocksfield, between Hexham and Newcastle. The parish has a population of around 380 and Newton is now its most populo ...

and the adjoining roads with

Stocksfield Stocksfield is a small, yet sprawling commuter village situated close to the River Tyne, about west of Newcastle upon Tyne in the southern part of Northumberland, England. There are several smaller communities within the parish of Stocksfie ...

. It is of ashlar masonry, with five segmental arches crossing the river, and two

flood arch A flood arch is a small supplemental arch bridge provided alongside a main bridge. It provides extra capacity for floodwater. The space beneath a flood arch is normally dry and often carries a towpath A towpath is a road or trail on th ...

es, without parapets, to the south. The remains of the piers of an ancient bridge, believed to be Roman, stood nearby until demolished on Beaumont's instructions when work on the present bridge began.''Views on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, from drawings by J.W. Carmichael, with details by J. Blackmore'', 1836

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* {{River item box , River = River Tyne , upstream = Styford Bridge , upsub = {{UK road, A68 , downstream = Ovingham Bridges , downsub = Road, pedestrians and {{UK NCN route, route=72 , location = NZ052619 Bridges in Northumberland Crossings of the River Tyne George Basevi buildings Grade II listed bridges Grade II listed buildings in Northumberland Bridges completed in 1838

Bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...