2023

TQ0951 : Dorking Arch

taken 2 years ago, near to West Horsley, Surrey, England

This is 1 of 6 images, with title Dorking Arch in this square
Dorking Arch
Dorking Arch
Looking across Dorking Arch, a bridge over Crocknorth Road, one of the Lovelace Bridges (see below), with this being the route of one of the forestry tracks. This is the largest of the bridges, with an 18' span. As the only one crossing a public road (as opposed to a bridleway or track), it is also the most well known of them. See TQ0951 : Dorking Arch and TQ0951 : Dorking Arch for photos of the bridge from the road underneath and TQ0951 : Dorking Arch for a side view. Grade II listed - see LinkExternal link.
The Lovelace Bridges :: TQ1051

William King, 1st Earl of Lovelace, was owner of the East Horsley Estate in the 19th Century. The estate included an extensive forested area, and in order to assist the movement of timber using horse drawn carts to his sawmill on the Epsom Road, in the 1860s he developed a network of tracks with embankments where needed to reduce gradients, with bridges constructed where these tracks crossed an existing road or track. The bridges, now known as the Lovelace Bridges, were built out of brick and flint, a style he adopted for all structures and buildings on the estate, including the main seat, Horsley Towers. There were 15 bridges in all, of which 10 still survive. All but one of the extant bridges are grade II listed. For a map of all the bridges and a marked trail covering a number of them, produced by the Horsley Countryside Preservation Society, see LinkExternal link.


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TQ0951, 54 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ian Capper   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 25 May, 2023   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 9 November, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 099 511 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:14.9432N 0:25.5354W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 099 511
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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