The Swing Bridge Including Adjoining Walls And Engine House

The Swing Bridge, including the adjoining walls and engine house, is a Grade II listed structure located at Custom House Quay in Hayle. Built in 1880, it was designed for a former railway and road to cross the canal. The bridge features dressed granite and granite rubble walls, with an iron construction. The brick engine house has a felted roof and is situated next to the bridge.

The bridge is a cantilevered beam that was pivoted on a hydraulically operated lift and turn pivot, which is no longer in operation, located on the south side of the canal. On the west side of the bridge, there are battered walls with a corbelled parapet from a former drawbridge built in 1852. Adjacent to the bridge is a 20th-century sluice gate that replaced earlier lock and sluice gates. The small rectangular engine house, which once housed the engine that lifted and turned the swing bridge, has granite ashlar walls on the west abutments, while the rest is constructed of rubble with granite copings. The bridge has tapered iron beams on its sides, and the engine house features round arched openings, standing over a segmental arch that spans a leat.