Gara Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Bridge.
Gara Bridge
- WRENN ID
- calm-clay-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1993
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
DIPTFORD Gara Bridge SX75SW 8/217
II
Road bridge over the river Avon. Probably C17 and widened in c18 or early C19. Slate rubble with dressed slate arches. One large single span (about 8 metres) segmental arch with double arch rings, the inner ring recessed, the outer ring chamfered on the north upstream side. The parapets appear to have been raised or rebuilt and the abutments are splayed out. The bridge was originally a very narrow packhorse bridge that has been widened on the downstream south side. The straight masonry joint is clearly visible on the intrados of the arch. That the bridge was widened on the south side is indicated by the chamfered arch ring on the north side and this view is supported by Jervoise and Henderson. If this is true the original bridge was narrower than the width of the addition. The bridge would have been so narrow that it would only have been a footbridge but with a considerable span. Situated partly in North Huish Parish. Source: Henderson, C. and Jervoise, E. - Old Devon Bridges, page 27.
Listing NGR: SX7289253452
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