Capability Brown Five Arches Bridge River Cray

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NORTH CRAY ROAD

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5005

(west side)

North Cray

TQ 47 SE 4/14 Five Arch Bridge

II

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250 yds north-north-west of Church of St James. Circa 1781. Much rebuilt

5-arched footbridge, incorporating weir on north side. Round arches, graded

in size ; curved parapet with ends curving outwards. Now largely of yellow

brick, but with red brick on each side; courses of flint below stone band;

stone parapet much replaced in cement. The bridge linked the 2 former estates

of North Cray Place and Foots Cray Place, as part of Lancelot Brown's landscaping

of both parks. (See Dorothy Stroud's 'Lancelot Brown').

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