Kelso Bridge
Coordinates: 55 ° 35 ′ 43 " N , 2 ° 26 ′ 0" W.
| Kelso Bridge | ||
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| use | Road bridge | |
| Convicted | A699 | |
| Subjugated | tweed | |
| place | Kelso | |
| construction | Stone arch bridge | |
| width | 7.3 m | |
| Number of openings | 5 | |
| Longest span | 21.9 m | |
| Clear height | 3.5 m | |
| building-costs | £ 17,800 | |
| start of building | 1801 | |
| completion | 1804 | |
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The Kelso Bridge is a road bridge in the Scottish town of Kelso in the Council Area Scottish Borders . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. The associated Bridge-End Cottage is also independently classified as a Category A monument. Both buildings also constitute a monument ensemble category A. At this ensemble also includes the eastern gate of the former mansion Springwood House . A previous classification as a Scheduled Monument was revoked in 1996.
history
A six-arch bridge was built a short distance upstream around 1755. A storm in 1797 eroded its flat foundations and collapsed the following day. The design for today's Kelso Bridge was provided by the Scottish engineer John Rennie , who would become famous a decade later for planning the Waterloo Bridge and Southwark Bridge in London . The young William Fairbairn worked as a worker on the construction site. The total cost of the work carried out between 1801 and 1804 was £ 17,800. Of these, £ 15,000 was financed through a government loan. The contractor Murray & Lees alone billed £ 12,876.
description
The Kelso Bridge is a stone arch bridge that crosses the Tweed with five arches shortly after the confluence of the Teviot on the eastern edge of Kelso. A novelty in Scotland meant the use of basket arches made of elliptical segments . The uniform arches have spans of 21.9 m with a clearance height of 3.5 m. The carriageway between the border parapets is 7.3 m wide. Today the A699 runs there in two lanes . The pillars are provided with round icebreakers . Doric pilasters extend over it , which carry the cantilevered parapet.
Bridge-End Cottage
The Bridge-End Cottage is on the northeast side of the bridge. It was built around 1803 based on a design by John Rennie. The south-facing front of the one-story building is three axes wide. Tuscan pilasters flank the central entrance area. They carry a simple framework . A serrated cornice runs around below the concluding slate-covered hip roof .
The building served as the residence of the officials who collected the bridge toll. These were introduced to repay the loan taken out to build the bridge. After 50 years, the population assumed that the loan would have to be worn out long ago. Since the books were not viewed, there were occasional organized attacks on the officers. In 1854 the toll was finally abolished.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b c Entry on Kelso Bridge in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Kelso Bridge in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database