In and Around Catthorpe Village

Dow Bridge is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. NEWTON AND BIGGIN WATLING STREET (A5) SP 57 NW 8/59 Dow Bridge - II Road bridge (now disused) carrying Watling Street over the River Avon. An 1838 partial rebuild of an earlier bridge (probably C18). Tooled coursed ashlar. Chamfered coping. 6 elliptically headed arches; the arch to the NW has a keystone carrying the date 'W.P. 1838'. The 2 NW arches almost completely rebuilt in 1838 (perhaps retaining the earlier cutwater), but considerable sections of an earlier bridge survive (built of rougher coursed masonry), especially at the SE end. The road level has been built up to the level of the parapet coping. A1722 engraving of an earlier bridge is to be found in Warwickshire Record Office