Built around 1875, the Stone Bridge on Guscott Road in Pareora West is one of several stone arch bridges constructed from local bluestone basalt in South Canterbury, which stand as lasting testaments to early engineering and a high level of craftsmanship. The Stone Bridge is still in use today and has historical, archaeological, aesthetic, and architectural value. Between the 1865s and the 1880s, several bluestone bridges and culverts were built on the Timaru Hills between Washdyke Creek and the Pareora River. They were mainly constructed over volatile streams that only flow during wetter periods and, in some cases, replaced earlier wooden bridges. At a monthly meeting of the Levels Road Board in May 1874, a petition from Mr. Guscott and others was read aloud, requesting that the Board build a bridge, rather than a ford, across the stream between Briggs' and Guscott's properties. In May 1874, the Leve recorded