Pill Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Bridge.

Pill Bridge

WRENN ID
scarred-gallery-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1961
Type
Bridge
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ST52SW

ILCHESTER CP PILL BRIDGE LANE (off)

4/73

Pill Bridge

19.4.61

  • II

Pack horse bridge. C17. Local lias stone cut and squared. Three semi-circular arched bridge over the River Ivel, only 1.3 metres wide between high parapets; two piers on each side. First bridge recorded on this site in early C13, and represents the medieval route to Long Sutton and Langport, now an overgrown green lane. A warehouse stood nearby by 1699, and a toll house nearby (existing until 1805). Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No. 186). (VCH, Vol III, 1974); Buchanan, CA and RA, Batsford Guide to Industrial Archaeology and Southern England, 1980).

Listing NGR: ST5000623391

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