Bury Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. Bridge.
Bury Bridge
- WRENN ID
- idle-keystone-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1985
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MORCHARD BISHOP SS 70 NW 4/102 - Bury Bridge - II
Road bridge over River Yeo. Dated 1830, built by Roger Tyler for the Trustees of the Exeter Turnpike. Snecked grey mudstone with rusticated ashlar arch and parapet; granite coping and string course. Single span bridge. Vertical abutments and segmental arch in which some of the ashlar voussoirs are incised to appear as two headers for regularity. Plain granite string course at road level ramps slightly to the centre. Rusticated ashlar parapet carries granite coping which is weathered slightly on each side. On each end the walls curve outwards a little and ashlar terminal piers project slightly externally. The inner face of the eastern parapet includes a granite plaque with concave corners inscribed 'Bury Bridge erected Anno 1830 at the expense of the Trustees of the Exeter Turnpike'. Roger Tyler builder. The river forms the parish boundary at this point; the southern end of the bridge is in Morchard Bishop, the northern end in Lapford.
Listing NGR: SS7377206790
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