Monument record 1874/1/2 - Bridge over Moat and Archway to Lower Huxley Hall

Bridge over Moat, Archway and Stubs of former Curtain Wall. Bridge late medieval with parapet and remaining work of early-mid C17. Ashlar buff and pink sandstone with some English garden wall bond orange brick in curtain wall. Bridge has a pair of low segmental arches divided by triangular cutwaters. Plain parapet with chamfered coping follows line of the cutwaters. Flagged carriageway. Astride the hall side of the bridge is a fine moulded semi-circular archway with raised springers, a rosette on the keystone, and a projecting band above. Strapwork entablature carried open scrolled pediment flanked by finials. Triangular ramps run down onto the parapets. To rear are the stubs of a brick curtain wall with stone quoins and copings. Full architectural description (1). The curtain wall was probably designed to contain a Jacobean formal garden as at Bewsey Old Hall, Warrington (RN: 563/1).See 1874/1/3 for description of moat.

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /2/13 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ46SE1/1964 (Index). SCH2487.

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Turner R C (Oral Communication). SCH2330.