Yeolm Bridge

Yeolm Bridge is a road bridge over the River Attery, likely built in the mid-14th century and widened in the late 19th century. It features stone rubble rebuilt parapets and local dressed freestone arches. The bridge has two four-centred arches, each with a span of approximately 5.5 metres, and central ashlar stone cutwaters on both sides. The arches are notable for their early ribbed vaulting, with three chamfered ribs in each arch. Originally, the roadway was 3.5 metres wide before the late 19th-century widening on the east side. The parapets have been rebuilt in stone rubble, and the two cutwaters on the west side extend upwards to form refuges. The flood arches on the south side, located in St Stephen by Launceston Rural, have been rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries; the first features a segmental dressed stone arch, the second uses a reinforced steel joist, and the third has a granite lintel. Henderson described the bridge as the "oldest and most perfectly finished bridge in Cornwall." It shares a similar construction and date with the bridge at Clyst St Mary, Devon, built in 1310, and the old Exe Bridge at Exeter.