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Dell Bridge
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| Location: | Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, England |
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| Built: | 1894 |
| Built for: | Lever Brothers |
| Architect: | Douglas & Fordham |
| Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated: | 20 December 1965 |
| Reference #: | 215341 |
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Location in Merseyside
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Dell Bridge is a footbridge in Port Sunlight, Wirral, England. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
The bridge was built in sandstone in 1894 for Lever Brothers in their model village of Port Sunlight and was designed by the Chester architects' firm of Douglas & Fordham. It carries a pedestrian walkway over a landscaped hollow which had been formed from a former tidal inlet.[2] It is a saddle-back bridge with a parabolic arch. The keystones are carved with masks, one of a Jacobean man, the other of a Restoration man. Above these are plaques, that to the east bears an inscription; that to the west a sundial. The bridge is supported by buttresses, and at each end is a canted projection with decorated panels. There are benches by the walkway.[1] Originally there were ball finials on the bridge, but these are no longer present.[2]