Bradford-on-Avon

I'm suffering from a damaged wrist at the moment, so can't use the DSLR very easily. However, the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone is an easier alternative ;o)

A medieval stone packhorse bridge that crosses the River Avon some 550m downstream from Bradford-on-Avon's better-known, and larger, Town Bridge.

Barton Bridge has four pointed double ring arches. Its three piers have massive upstream cutwaters, the downstream side is plain. The width is 3.5m between the railings that have replaced the original stone parapets.

The bridge now carries just a footpath. It forms part of a group of remarkable medieval buildings, including the town's significant 14th century tithe barn, all contained within Barton Farm Country Park, which is freely accessible to the public.

www.engineering-timelines.com

Taken with Sony A100 converted for IR by fitting 590nm IR filter, then converted to B&W IR.

The Holy Trinity Church at the side of the River Avon in the Cotswold town of Bradford-on-Avon.

Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn is one of the largest medieval barns in England, and architecturally one of the finest. It was built in the mid-14th century to serve Barton Grange, a manor farm which belonged to Shaftesbury Abbey in Dorset, the richest nunnery in medieval England. After the abbey was suppressed in 1539, the barn passed into private hands, and was part of a working farm until 1914.

www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/bradford-on-avon...