CULFORD HOUSE BRIDGE 1803 Suffolk TL828 703 N52o 18' 5.8" E0o 40' 47.5"
PRIVATE PROPERTY This elegant and imposing 60 foot single span bridge of curves and arches and flaring stone parapets is supported by six hollow iron ribs, each in five segments. William Hawks & Sons did the casting at their Gateshead foundry. Samuel Wyatt (1738-1807) held a patent for bridges with hollow ribs. He considered himself an engineer/architect and was the brother of James Wyatt who was conducting alterations at Culford Hall for the first Marquess of Cornwallis during the 1790's.