Blackpool Bridge

Blackpool Bridge is a road bridge over a stream known as Blackpool Lake, likely built in the 18th century or early 19th century, with some alterations from the early 19th century. It is constructed of slate rubble and features a small segmental arch, along with a smaller round flood arch on the east side. The arches are made with dressed slate voussoirs. The south side of the bridge is corbelled out over the main arch, possibly due to road widening. The road level is significantly higher than the arches, but the parapets are low, featuring vertical dressed slate coping with vertical slate lacing. Improvements to the bridge may have been carried out for the Knightsbridge-Dartmouth Turnpike Trust. In 1809, Jones Green, the County Surveyor of Bridges, noted that the bridge was 4 feet wide, suggesting that an earlier bridge may be buried beneath the later rebuilding.