Dell Bridge - Explored!
In the foreground is the decorative bridge that crosses over the Dell, a low-lying area of grass and flower beds in the model village of Port Sunlight on the Wirral. The tower and spire on the other side of the bridge are part of the Village Social Club.
The Dell was originally a tidal feature of the landscape, hence the bridge, and was only landscaped after the construction of the village had commenced in the 1890s. The bridge was built by Douglas and Fordham and completed in 1894. Historic England describe the Grade II listed structure as made of stone, it is a saddle-back bridge with parabolic arch.. There are flanking buttresses with shaped gablets, and cornice over them. The parapet has coping with roll moulding. The arch has keystones with moulded masks, that to west are of Jacobean man, whilst those to the east are of Restoration man. There is a plaque above the Restoration man with the inscription "ERECTED/ANNO/DOMINI/MDCCCXCIV"; to the west there is a sundial. At the ends of the parapet are canted projections, panelled, those to angles with decorative heads and benches on the inner faces.
The Social Club in the background was originally called the Pavilion and then became the Men's Club. It was built in 1896 by Grayson & Ould.
Dell Bridge - Explored!
In the foreground is the decorative bridge that crosses over the Dell, a low-lying area of grass and flower beds in the model village of Port Sunlight on the Wirral. The tower and spire on the other side of the bridge are part of the Village Social Club.
The Dell was originally a tidal feature of the landscape, hence the bridge, and was only landscaped after the construction of the village had commenced in the 1890s. The bridge was built by Douglas and Fordham and completed in 1894. Historic England describe the Grade II listed structure as made of stone, it is a saddle-back bridge with parabolic arch.. There are flanking buttresses with shaped gablets, and cornice over them. The parapet has coping with roll moulding. The arch has keystones with moulded masks, that to west are of Jacobean man, whilst those to the east are of Restoration man. There is a plaque above the Restoration man with the inscription "ERECTED/ANNO/DOMINI/MDCCCXCIV"; to the west there is a sundial. At the ends of the parapet are canted projections, panelled, those to angles with decorative heads and benches on the inner faces.
The Social Club in the background was originally called the Pavilion and then became the Men's Club. It was built in 1896 by Grayson & Ould.