Higher New Bridge

ST STEPHENS BY SX 38 NW LAUNCESTON 9/132 Higher New Bridge (previously listed as part in Werrington parish 22.11.60 and part in Broadwoodwidger)

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Road bridge over River Tamar. Part of the bridge is situated in Broadwoodwidger parish Devon. Circa 1504. Ashlar granite with some local rubble stone. 3 slightly pointed arches of approximately 25 feet span with two cutwaters between on each side. Fourth smaller arch for floodwater. Dressed granite arch rings and impost mouldings. Putlog holes above imposts suggested by Henderson to have previously held wooden hatch or sluice gates. Roadway 11 feet wide. The stone rubble parapets have been partly rebuilt in the C19 and C20 and the cutwaters continue up to form refuges. Stone rubble C20 buttresses on west bank. In 1504 Bishop Oldham was induced to grant an indulgence of 40 days to all penitents who contributed to the 'Pons Novus de - juxta Launceston'. Described by John Leland in 1539 who stated that the bridge was built and maintained by the Abbots of Tavistock. Henderson, C. and Coates, H. Old Cornish Bridges and Streams, 1928 reprinted 1972.

Listing NGR: SX3489286692