Footbridge Over Lane To Estate Yard And Flanking Walls Forming North End Of Mock Fortifications To North East Of Prideaux Place

The footbridge over the lane to the estate yard, along with the flanking walls, forms the north end of the mock fortifications located to the northeast of Prideaux Place. This structure dates from the early 19th century and is built from slate stone rubble. The footbridge spans the lane leading to the estate yard, which lies north of Prideaux Place. It features a dressed stone 4-centred arch supported by stepped buttresses, and has a coped parapet that is raised and pointed at the center above the apex of the arch. The flanking walls on both the west and east sides are crenellated, and there is a dressed stone arch from the 16th century that has likely been reset in the west wall. The footbridge and walls are believed to be an early 19th-century addition to the mock fortifications originally constructed to the east of Prideaux Place by Edmund Prideaux between 1728 and 1745, or possibly by his son Humphrey before 1758, when they were partially depicted in a print by Borlase.