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Latitude: 50.6961 / 50°41'45"N
Longitude: -3.4994 / 3°29'57"W
OS Eastings: 294196
OS Northings: 89568
OS Grid: SX941895
Mapcode National: GBR P1.XNG3
Mapcode Global: FRA 37K7.GJ8
Plus Code: 9C2RMGW2+C6
Entry Name: Countess Wear Bridge
Listing Date: 4 June 2004
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1390895
English Heritage Legacy ID: 490873
ID on this website: 101390895
Location: Countess Wear, Exeter, Devon, EX2
County: Devon
District: Exeter
Electoral Ward/Division: Priory
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Exeter
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Countess Wear St Luke
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Bridge
871/0/10193 COUNTESS WEAR
04-JUN-04 Countess Wear Bridge
II
Road bridge over River Exe. 1770; widened 1935-8. Limestone rubble with red sandstone arch rings and parapet coping; concrete widening faced in limestone rubble and red sandstone to harmonise with the original bridge. 6-span bridge widened on the south east downstream side. Segmental arches and wider elliptical central arch. On the piers between the arches there are cutwaters on both sides, rising up to refuges in the parapets.
The Countess of Devon constructed a weir across the River Exe on this site in 1286. In 1768-9 an Act was passed authorising the bridge, which was built in 1770.
SOURCES: [1] Henderson, C., Jervoise, E., Old Devon Bridges; pp.67 and 68. [2] Buildings of England, p.440.
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