The Thirty Six: Film #19

I went on a trip back home to the UK last month and took my Voigtländer Prominent with me.  I started the trim with a roll of Porta 400.

The first day my daughter and I went to Bletchley Park famous for the code breakers during WWII.  It’s an interesting place with lots to learn about.

Avenue Bridge No. 10

This is one from the archives and I am entering it for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge Structure.  Many of the bridges on this stretch of the Shropshire Union Canal are constructed way beyond the basic needs and this is a good example.

It was built around 1830 with the Engineer being Thomas Telford. According to Historic England it is described as being a Single stilted round arch flanked by pilasters; sweeping balustraded parapet on rounded corbels.

These bridges were effectively a sweetener to the local land owners from the canal company to allow the waterway to be constructed across their land, this one simply provides for the driveway to Chillington Hall, owned by the Giffard family since the 12th Century.