Built in the 14th century the bridge is a grade II* listed structure and a scheduled monument. It is thought to be the only remaining fortified bridge in England. It carried the main road over the River Coquet until a replacement bridge opened in 1965.
The only photo posted to date that shows both spans (each 60') of the old bridge, which formerly had a cross ion the centre. Once there was also a portcullis in the gateway at the south end of the bridge. [Murray's Handbook:1890].