Notice Board.................................1
Any Questions..............................1
Lion Bridge...................................2
Conservation Areas at 50............3
Planning matters..........................4
News in brief................................5
ADNP Consultation....................6
New Year, 1873.............................6
Quiz: Conservation Area............7
ADNP Consultation....................7
About Alnwick Civic Society.....8
Who's Who?..................................8
Diary dates....................................8
Quiz answers................................8
100 Years Ago...............................8
Architecture of Robert Adam (LionBridge)
Bridges on the Tyne (Aln) Lion Bridge
Although commissioned by the Duke of Northumberland – and therefore included here – the bridge was for use by the town of Alnwick rather than the estate. The design was executed in accordance with Adam’s design and survives in situ. Crossing the River Aln, and located on the edge of Alnwick town, the Lion Bridge is so called on account of the sculpted Percy family heraldic lion which Adam included in the design. It was commissioned to replace one which had been destroyed by flooding in 1770. The lion was cast from lead in 1773 by John Knowles (fl 1773).
General perspective view of the Lion Bridge in Alnwick showing the River Aln. It was built in 1773.
Historic England listing: Lion Bridge
Historic England listing: The Lion Bridge, over River Aln
Keys to the past: Lion Bridge
Lion Bridge by Barbara Woodhouse
Old Alnwick Bridge (imaginary) by Barbara Woodhouse
Picturesque England - Alnwick Castle - the seat of the Duke of Northumberland.
View of old bridge, out of drawing room window.
(bridge that preceded Lion Bridge)