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Grosmont Bridge

Bridges in North YorkshireGrade II listed bridgesGrade II listed buildings in North YorkshireGrosmont, North YorkshireUse British English from November 2024
Bridge over the Esk at Grosmont geograph.org.uk 4173979
Bridge over the Esk at Grosmont geograph.org.uk 4173979

Grosmont Bridge is a historic bridge in Grosmont, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The bridge spans the River Esk, connecting Grosmont with Egton. There was a bridge on the site by the 17th century, but the current structure dates from the 18th century. In 2024, a bus crashed through the parapet and fell into the river, leading the bridge to close for two months, and vehicles having to take a 16-mile diversion. The bridge has been grade II listed since 1989. The bridge is built of sandstone, and consists of three semicircular arches. The bridge has voussoirs, hood moulds, and shouldered cutwaters rising to pilaster buttresses forming pedestrian refuges. The parapet is raked, with cambered coping, beneath it is a raised band, and the parapets end in square piers with flat caps.

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St Matthew's Church, Grosmont
St Matthew's Church, Grosmont

St Matthew's Church is the parish church of Grosmont, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The village grew up in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and in 1840 Robert Cary Elwes donated a site for the construction of a church. It was completed in 1842, but in 1875 was entirely rebuilt. The new church cost about £1,000, and was largely funded by Charles and Thomas Bagnall and Mary Clarke. The church was designed by Charles Noel-Armfield, and incorporates a roof designed on acoustic principles which he had discovered in some Italian churches. Between 2012 and 2013, the west end of the aisles were partitioned off to create a kitchen and toilets, following which, the church was grade II listed, along with the churchyard gateway. The church is built of sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, the south aisle extending to form an organ chamber, a north porch, and a chancel with a north vestry. On the vestry is a bellcote with two stages, a pyramidal roof, and a Celtic cross finial. Most of the windows are lancets, and at the west end is a rose window. The main gateway to the churchyard has carved gate piers with cross-gabled caps, and ornate wrought iron gates. Inside, there is a stone reredos with a mosaic Crucifixion scene, an aumbry and sedilia. There is an organ manufactured by Alfred Kirkland, assorted stained glass, a stone pulpit depicting Saint Matthew, and an altar designed by Robert Thomson. The font is believed to be late 11th century.