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Summary

Pecketsford bridge. Road bridge over river taw. Late c18-early c19. Local stone rubble with dressed voussoirs, granite coping stones. Single span bridge with large segmental, almost round-headed, arch. The walls rise to the parapet uninterrupted and the parapet, following the humpback of the road, rises towards the centre. The parapet walls curve out each end but have no terminal piers. The coping blocks are mostly plain but include a couple of moulded pieces reused from a domestic building (doe).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69NE/49
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BRIDGE (XVIII to XXI - 1701 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV247010.

Doe/hhr:south tawton/(4/3/1988)119.

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV331068.

Pecketsford bridge. Road bridge over river taw. Late c18-early c19. Local stone rubble with dressed voussoirs, granite coping stones. Single span bridge with large segmental, almost round-headed, arch. The walls rise to the parapet uninterrupted and the parapet, following the humpback of the road, rises towards the centre. The parapet walls curve out each end but have no terminal piers. The coping blocks are mostly plain but include a couple of moulded pieces reused from a domestic building (doe).

Fulford Williams, H., 1957, Sampford Courtenay and Honeychurch, 236 (Article in Serial). SDV337291.

Pecketsford Bridge. Interesting survival of the ancient pack horse type, a single semi circular arch, humpy and quite blind, carrying a roadwway of 2.591m.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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