Bridge Over Winn Brook

The bridge over Winn Brook, located on Exford Road in Winsford, is a road bridge built around the 19th century in two phases. Constructed from local slate rubble, it features a small two-span design with roughly dressed segmental arches. The central pier has a small cutwater on the upstream (west) side, and the low parapets are topped with on-edge slate rubble coping. The parapets over the abutments are swept out and extend as a revetment for the bank to the southeast. Under the bridge, there is a raised bed that creates a slight waterfall on the downstream (east) side. The carriageway is wide, measuring 8 to 9 meters, allowing the arches to form two parallel tunnels. Notably, the bridge was significantly widened on the downstream east side later in the 19th century. This bridge spans Winn Brook, a tributary of the River Exe. Upstream to the west, there is a ford with a simple clapper footbridge beside it, while downstream to the east, the 1928 Winn Bridge carries traffic through the village of Winsford. Overall, this is an attractive small vernacular bridge situated in an Exmoor village.