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HER Number: | MDV37258 |
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Name: | Old Benedicts Bridge |
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Summary
Old Benedicts Bridge built in 18C across Liverton Brook
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 816 745 |
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Map Sheet: | SX87SW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Ilsington |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | ILSINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87SW/174
- Old Listed Building Ref (II)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BRIDGE (XVIII to XXI - 1701 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1938, 109NW (Cartographic). SDV282010.
Department of Environment, 1986, Ilsington, 59 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV302008.
Old Benedicts Bridge, including the abutments. Bridge across Liverton Brook, now on loop road on northwest side of old A38, where it has been replaced by New Benedicts Bridge (not listed). Probably 18C. Stone rubble with voussoirs and copings of dressed granite. Single segmental arch with raised keystone on each side; the keystones have unusual semi-circular pendants on the underside, similar to those at Dartmeet Bridge, Widecombe, of 1792. Long, low parapets with copings having rounded tops.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV282010 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1938. 109NW. 6". |
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SDV302008 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1986. Ilsington. Historic Houses Register. 59. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | May 4 2006 5:02PM |
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