Description

HORRABRIDGE STATION ROAD, Horrabridge
SX 56 NW
10/10 Horrabridge Bridge
14.6.52
I

Bridge over River Walkham. c1400 with some later repair work. Squared granite
rubble footings, granite random rubble and dressings with partially replaced coping
to parapet wall. 3-span bridge with irregular pointed arches, 2 triangular cutwaters
forming refuges each side, to west large central block of granite in masonry and
drainage holes at road level. Bridge spans about 17 metres, about is 4 metres wide.
Parapet wall about 1½ metres high, splayed at north end about 8 metres beyond bridge,
continued to south about 25 metres as boundary wall.
Ancient Monument no. 198.
(Sources: Henderson, C. and Jervoise, E.: Old Devon Bridges 1938).

Listing NGR: SX5132969924

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17527616

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)