A Bridge Too Far!! Apparently.
It was rather a pleasant little bridge - doing no harm to anyone and added character to Granville Gardens that lay alongside the
Waterloo Crescent Conservation area. And at one time proposed to be included within the conservation area itself.
Regretfully this is the only photograph I have of it. I'm sure others will have better ones.
According to those on site it was demolished because it was slippery to walk on. Really!!
It doesn't take much to work out the cost of coating the little bridge with anti-slip paint as opposed to demolishing it and rebuilding the path to Waterloo Crescent and (apparently) grassing over the remainder. Workmen have been there for several days and have just finished the demolition stage.
Or perhaps DDC have eyes on a larger development - a bigger 'bridge over troubled waters' (sorry road) or journey to the Castle perhaps? Any one for a lift? Perhaps this is one reason why certain councillors opposed Granville Gardens being included in the proposed extension to the Conservation area - the result of said consultation apparently put to the bottom of DDC's in-tray and conveniently forgotten.
The Frith Collection has a 1965 photo of the Gardens at
https://www.francisfrith.com/us/dover/dover-granville-gardens-c1965_d50143
although the fountain and stream under the bridge are now long gone.
Any plan to further tinker unsympathetically with the Gardens will be watched very closely.
