St Erth Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
St Erth Bridge
- WRENN ID
- woven-corridor-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST ERTH TREDREA ROAD, St Erth SW 5435-5535 13/253 St Erth Rridge - GV II
Road bridge over River Hayle. Circa early C19 rebuilding of former 1663 bridge on site of a medieval bridge, datestone 1879 presumably date of westward extension or rebuilding of parapets. Granite rubble with granite dressings. Iron cramps to original copings. Plan: 3:1 span bridge over divided river channels. 3 spans over main channel with triangular-on-plan refuges over the cutwaters both upstream and downstream. The ends of the parapets are slightly scrolled on plan. The other end of the bridge (west) has wide single span and the parapet walls continue for a considerable distance flanking a causeway. All the spans have round arches. Old copings are cambered and are linked by iron cramps, later copings are chamfered. Sources: Old Cornish Bridges by Charles Henderson and Henry Coates.
Listing NGR: SW5490035049
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