List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: THE WEST BRIDGE
List Entry Number: 1196031
Location
THE WEST BRIDGE, RIVERSIDE
THE WEST BRIDGE, WEST BRIDGE ROAD
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: Cornwall
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Launceston
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 27-Feb-1950
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 370137
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List Entry Description
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History
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Details
LAUNCESTON
SX3285 WEST BRIDGE ROAD, St Thomas
660-1/3/238 (East side)
27/02/50 The West Bridge
GV I
Formerly known as: Footbridge RIVERSIDE.
Includes: The West Bridge RIVERSIDE.
Also known as: St Thomas Bridge.
Packhorse bridge over river. Late medieval. Slatestone rubble
with large slate dressings and wrought-iron railings. 5-span
bridge has 2 cut-waters with 4-centred arches to upstream
side, 1 to downstream side; late C19 railings and central
cast-iron lamp. Only the arch heads are now visible of the
bridge, the piers flooded by the river which has silted up.
Listing NGR: SX3278885093
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Map
National Grid Reference: SX 32789 85095
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