The Iron Bridge At Culford School

About

The Iron Bridge is a grade I listed early cast-iron bridge crossing a tributary of the River Lark in the grounds of Culford Park in the village of Culford near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The bridge is of exceptional interest as one of the earliest bridges with an unmodified cast-iron structure to survive. Built for Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, the owner of Culford Park in 1804, it is a unique example of a cast-iron bridge built to the patent of Samuel Wyatt.

The rib castings feature oval tubular sections and are the earliest known example with hollow ribs, leading to the structure receiving a grade I listing on 15 May 1996. The woods to the Southwest of the bridge are known as Iron Bridge Carr.