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Latitude: 50.3624 / 50°21'44"N
Longitude: -4.1653 / 4°9'55"W
OS Eastings: 246088
OS Northings: 53631
OS Grid: SX460536
Mapcode National: GBR R6K.5H
Mapcode Global: FRA 2852.M44
Plus Code: 9C2Q9R6M+XV
Entry Name: Swing Bridge, Royal William Victualling Yard
Listing Date: 13 August 1999
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1378540
English Heritage Legacy ID: 476490
ID on this website: 101378540
Location: Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, PL1
County: City of Plymouth
Electoral Ward/Division: St Peter and the Waterfront
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Plymouth
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Tagged with: Swing bridge
SX 4653 NW
740-1/65/747
PLYMOUTH
CREMYLL STREET, Stonehouse
Swing bridge, Royal William Victualling Yard
GV II*
Swing bridge. c1833-5 by the Horsley Iron Co.Cast-iron. Matching halves on opposing sides of the entrance to the basin (qv) each consist of 4 braced plates bearing a wooden deck with railings and forming an elliptical arch, rotating on a cogged wheel and turned by handle. "HORSLEY IRON CO/NEAR/BIRMINGHAM" within a wreath of bay leaves and an anchor cast on the sides.
HISTORY: a very similar design to the swing bridge (qv), dated 1838, in the South Yard, Devonport Dockyard, by the same company. Intended by Rennie to improve circulation around the basin and graded for its contextual importance in this part of the Yard. The Yard is one of the most remarkable and complete early C19 industrial complexes in the country, and a unique English example of Neo-Classical planning of a state manufacturing site.
(Sources: Keystone Historic Buildings Consultants: The. Royal William Victualling Yard, Stonehouse: 1994: 84).
Listing NGR: SX4608853631
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