Clopton Bridge
Clopton Bridge, carrying the A3400 over the River Avon in Stratford-upon-Avon, is a Grade I listed masonry arch bridge with 14 pointed arches. Constructed in the 15thC, financed by Hugh Clopton of Clopton House. It replaced an old timber bridge. Two arches were rebuilt in 1524. The bridge was again repaired in 1588 following flooding, and in 1642 after an arch had been destroyed to block the army of Oliver Cromwell. In 1696, money was raised to heighten the parapets, which were as low as four inches in places. The bridge was widened on the north side (upstream) in 1811, and a ten-sided toll-house tower added in 1814. A cast-iron footbridge was added to the north side in 1827. The bridge is now a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[1]
Cast iron footway extension by J Nicolls, made by the Eagle Foundry, Birmingham [2]