Bovey Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1955. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Bovey Bridge

WRENN ID
western-jamb-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1955
Type
Bridge
Source
Historic England listing

Description

BOVEY TRACEY STATION ROAD, Bovey Tracey SX 8178

11/87 Bovey Bridge - 23.8.55 GV II

Bridge over River Bovey at south-west end of Fore Street. Probably built in 1642 (datestone) and widened in 1852. Stone, partly rubble and partly ashlar, with steel footbridge added on north-west side. Bridge consists of two segmental arches, the central pier with cutwater on each side. South-east side has parapet with coping, carried round the cutwater to form a refuge. North-west parapet (rebuilt) has 2 re-set datestones inscribed 1642. The north-west half of the bridge, including the cutwater, is of ashlar. The south-east half is mainly of rubble with ashlar abutments and cutwater. Sources: G P Jones, Notes on Bovey Tracey, 1826 with additions by H F Williams in 1962 (typescript in Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter) p.23. Devon Quarter Sessions records, 1842-3 and 1852-3 (Devon Record Office, Devon Q/S 1/29, pp.113, 139, 168, 198, 218; 1/30, pp.486, 517, 638, 664).

Listing NGR: SX8145378229

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