Sweetham Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1965. A Elizabethan Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Sweetham Bridge

WRENN ID: lapsed-chamber-aspen
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: Mid Devon
Country: England
Date first listed: 26 August 1965
Type: Bridge
Period: Elizabethan
Source: Historic England listing

Description

NEWTON ST CYRES

295/5/24 STATION ROAD 05-MAY-04 SWEETHAM BRIDGE

II*

Also Known As: LOWER CREEDY BRIDGE (Marked as Lower Creedy Bridge on OS map.) Road bridge over River Creedy. Late C16. Veined volcanic rubble, volcanic ashlar with some Salcombe standstone voussoirs. The 2 segmental arches are plain vaults with ashlar arch-rings in 2 orders, both chamfered. Massive cutwater, with large dressed stone concentrated towards the base, is carried up to parapet creating deep refuges. Parapet has volcanic stone coping. C19 iron ties intruded into southern arch. SOURCE: Henderson, C. and Jervoise, E.; Old Devon Bridges, p.58, plate 26.

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