Railway bridge and lodge, 80m north-west of Lodge Copse

A railway bridge and a pair of attached lodges, dating from 1838-1839, were built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Bristol and Exeter Railway and the Nynehead Court estate. The structures are constructed of green sandstone ashlar, stone rubble, and brick.

The bridge is oriented north-west to south-east, crossing a former drive to Nynehead Court, and features short wing walls on either side. The lodges on the south-east side of the bridge flank the archway. The left-hand lodge has an L-shaped plan with a polygonal front, while the other consists only of a polygonal façade.

The bridge carries the mainline GWR and has a single-span, semi-elliptical arch with a simple string course, large projecting voussoirs, a keystone, and a moulded cornice. Low parapets of brick and stone coping, along with steel railings, are present on either side. The intrados of the arch is built of brick, flanked by quadrant walls and large square piers on the north-west elevation. Attached wing or retaining walls of red brick and stone coping terminate with short ashlar piers.

To either side of the arch on the south-east side of the bridge is a single-storey lodge; the one on the right is a pastiche. A continuous moulded cornice and a parapet, which is missing in places, extend across the lodges and the bridge. The left-hand lodge, formerly a dwelling, is built of coursed rubble stone and brick, with an ashlar facing to the principal (south-east) elevation. The roof is no longer extant. It has a three-bay angled front with a central entrance and a window on either side, all with finely-moulded stone architraves. The door, window frames and glazing are missing. An open passageway on the south-west side provides access to a side entrance and an attached rear range. The main part of the lodge's interior is divided into four rooms and contains a large central stack that provided heat to each room; it retains brick fireplaces with segmental heads but no surrounds. No doors, windows, or other features remain. The rear range was originally two storeys and is now a roofless ruin without an upper floor. A fireplace or flue resides in its south-east wall, set beneath a segmental stone head.

The other lodge, to the right of the arch, presents as a mirror image, but comprises only an angled ashlar façade of three bays. The door and window openings are identical to those in the lodge itself, but the door and windows are missing. Brick wing walls break forward of each lodge, terminating in an ashlar pier surmounted by a shallow pyramidal cap.