Lerryn Bridge

SX 15 NW ST VEEP LERRYN

6/121 Lerryn Bridge

21/8/64 GV II*

Bridge over River Lerryn, repaired in 1573. Rubble stone with granite dressings. Originally comprised 3 arches with third arch to maTch the smaller. Now with 2, four-centred granite chamfered arches, with larger arch on north. Arches springing from granite moulded imposts. Large granite blocks form cutwaters on east and west, which are carried up to form refuges. Roadway of 9½ feet flanked by rubble stone parapets with granite copings, splayed out over the abutments to north and south. On west side of bridge a date of 16 has been inscribed on the granite coping of the refuge. Bridge mentioned by Leland in 1535. In 1573 Queen Elizabeth issued an order to the bailiff and constables of the Hundred of the West to levy a rate for the erecting and re-edifying of a decayed bridge called 'Laryon Bridge' between St Veep and St Winnow. Scheduled as Ancient Monument. C Henderson and H Coates Old Cornish Bridges and Streams 1928 rp 1972. p.80. Mentioned in Leland's Itinery of John Leland 1535.

Listing NGR: SX1408757153