LISTED BUILDING · NHLE 1255313
Bridge Over River Lugg, and Leat Head 150 Metres West of Eaton Hall
SO55NW EATON 808-1/4/252 Bridge over River Lugg, and 09/07/76 leat-head, approx. 150 metres west of Eaton Hall (Formerly Listed as: EATON
Bridge over River Lugg next to Eaton Hall) Bridge. C19. Sandstone rubble.
Dates and uses reflect the source records and may not describe the building today.
No photograph currently published
Designation information
Inclusion in the National Heritage List for England confirms that this is a designated heritage asset of national special architectural or historic interest.
Architectural evidence and features
These descriptions relate to particular parts of the building at the date of each source. They may not reflect its use or condition today. Unconfirmed features remain open questions.
Evidence reviewed 13 September 2026.
Documented type / function
- Bridge and leat-head, non-building infrastructure
Principal identity with historical and subsidiary uses explicitly separated
NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255313
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Documented phases
- NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved
Source-specific phases, not administrative dates
NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255313
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Structural system
- Masonry arches
Bridge and leat-head
NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255313
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
External wall material
- Sandstone rubble
Bridge and east leat-head
NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255313
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Other materials / details
- Brick
Leat third arch beneath rubble
NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255313
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Architectural features
- Two bridge arches
Only named component/phase in term and supporting description
NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255313
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
- Central cutwater
Only named component/phase in term and supporting description
NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255313
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
- Mutilated parapet at NHLE date
Only named component/phase in term and supporting description
NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255313
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
- Third arch at east leat-head
Only named component/phase in term and supporting description
NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255313
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
- RCHME1934 round arches and upstream/downstream cutwaters
Only named component/phase in term and supporting description
NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255313
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Research notes and uncertainties
Component, chronology and current verification: Eaton complex house roof/timber/inn tags excluded. Date conflict retained, not silently resolved. Current use/survival not independently verified for September2026.
NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved [Source-specific phases, not administrative dates; NHLE 19th century; RCHME1934 17th century or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved] Source chronology, administrative and reused-material dates separated. Eaton complex house roof/timber/inn tags excluded. Date conflict retained, not silently resolved.
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How this record is evidenced
The designation, listing date and statutory description are drawn from Historic England, NHLE 1255313.
The building has been cross-referenced to the Royal Commission's 1934 Herefordshire inventory. The full matched extract and its cited illustrations are reproduced below with links to the digitised source.
The concise summary and searchable feature tags have been prepared by Leominster Heritage and are kept separate from the statutory wording.
The open questions below identify evidence that has not yet been securely established.
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Bridge Over River Lugg, and Leat Head 150 Metres West of Eaton Hall
Grade II · NHLE C19; RCHME1934 C17 or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved [Source-specific phases, not administrative dates; NHLE C19; RCHME1934 C17 or earlier with modern parapets, unresolved] · SO55NW EATON 808-1/4/252 Bridge over River Lugg, and 09/07/76 leat-head, approx. 150 metres west of Eaton Hall (Formerly Listed as: EATON
Bridge over River Lugg next to Eaton Hall) Bridge. C19. Sandstone rubble.
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Historic England
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
This earlier inventory records the building as it was understood at the time of survey. Its terminology and interpretation should be read alongside the current NHLE entry and present-day observation.
Read the Royal Commission inventory extract
RCHME CROSS-REFERENCE 1
Leominster Out, monument (5), pp. 128-129.
f (5). Eaton Hall, house, outbuildings and bridge, 1 m. S.E. of Leominster church. The House is of two storeys; the walls are of stone and timber-framing and the roofs are slate and tile-covered. The property belonged to the family of Hackluyt, and Leland records that William Hackluyt, who was with Henry V at Agincourt, built a house in the village. The existing building, however, appears to date from about the middle of the 14th century and consisted of a hall with cross-wings at the E. and W. ends; of this the greater part of the hall with the stone solar-wing at the W. end survives, but the screens and the buttery-wing were re-built probably in the 18th century. The extension of this wing, towards the N., was made probably early in the 15th century. At some uncertain period the hall was divided into two storeys and the walls faced with stone; the upper storey of the solar-wing is also a later reconstruction of timber-framing. The W. wing has, at the N. end, a blocked mediæval doorway with chamfered stone jambs and segmental-pointed head; in the W. wall is a window of two rectangular lights, probably also mediæval. Inside the building, the former hall (32 ft. long without the former screenspassage) has an original roof of two main bays, partly concealed by later additions; the main truss (Plate 39) has upper and lower collar-beams, the latter moulded and with long curved braces, perhaps formerly carried down to the ground floor, but now cut back about 3 ft. above it; the upper collar-beam also has curved braces, and the beams above are cut to form a trefoiled opening; each bay has a subsidiary truss with a single upper collar-beam similar to that in the main truss. In the E. wall is a spere-truss, formerly dividing the hall from the screens; it rests on a pair of heavy posts or speres, set 2–3 ft. within the side walls; the general arrangement is similar to that of the main truss, but the head of the arch formed by the main braces is cut into the tie-beam. The truss forming part of the W. wall has plain upper and lower collars and below the latter are studs and braces forming trefoiled ogee heads to the wall-panels. The main purlins are moulded, and above them are two ranges of foiled wind-braces, the lower braces having pierced spandrels to the cusps. To the W. of the main truss are traces of the former louvre of the hall; on the W. of the former opening is a pair of cusped trimmers or rafters resting on the upper purlins and against which the upper wind-braces are stopped. All the timbers are smoke-blackened. The extension of the E. wing has some of its 15th-century framing and ceiling-beams exposed; the roof is of four bays with the middle truss incorporated in a partition; the subsidiary trusses have curved braces below the collars.
The Outbuilding, S.W. of the house, consists of a 17th-century cottage, now stables, and a barn. The timber-framing is mostly exposed, and there is an original chimney-stack with two brick shafts and diagonal nibs on the outer faces; the barn is of three bays. The outbuilding, S. of the house, includes a 17th-century timber-framed barn of three bays.
The Bridge, over the Lugg, S.W. of the house, is of stone and of two spans with round arches and cut-waters both up and down stream; it is of the 17th century or earlier, but the parapets are modern. A stone garden wall, running S. from the house, has remains of a gate and a wall-recess with a four-centred head.
Condition—Of house, good.
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Official list description
LEOMINSTER SO55NW EATON 808-1/4/252 Bridge over River Lugg, and 09/07/76 leat-head, approx. 150 metres west of Eaton Hall (Formerly Listed as: EATON Bridge over River Lugg next to Eaton Hall) GV II Bridge. C19. Sandstone rubble. 2 arches; central cutwater; mutilated parapet. Leat-head to east, of sandstone rubble, with 3rd arch of rubble over brick. Listing NGR: SO5082057962
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