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| HER Number: | MDV49963 |
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| Name: | Buckland Bridge |
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Summary
Road bridge over the Grand Western Canal, circa 1814. Single span bridge with a skewed elliptical arch giving maximum headroom over the tow path.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 034 145 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST01SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Sampford Peverell |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SAMPFORD PEVERELL |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST01SW/115
- Old Listed Building Ref (II): 96006
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CANAL BRIDGE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV335506.
Buckland bridge. Road bridge over the grand western canal. Circa 1814. English bond brick with local conglomerate sandstone coping. Single span bridge with a skewed elliptical arch giving maximum headroom over the tow path. The walls are slightly battered. They rise to a plain projecting stringcourse at road level and the parapet above has rounded coping. Either end the walls curve out to narrow terminal piers which project externally only. This section of the grand western canal was opened in 1814 (doe).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV46035.
Doe/hhr:sampford peverell/(17/3/1988)121.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV46036.
Des=cox, j. /the history of the grand western canal/(undated)12/in sampford peverell pf.
Dodd, D., 2006, Historic Buildings and Structures Along the Waterways: Grand Western Canal in Devon, 4 (Report - Interim). SDV351654.
Brick bridge, a classic John Rennie structure. Also known as Wharf Bridge.
Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV335506 | Migrated Record: Department of Environment. |
| SDV351654 | Report - Interim: Dodd, D.. 2006. Historic Buildings and Structures Along the Waterways: Grand Western Canal in Devon. A4 Stapled + Digital. 4. |
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| SDV357601 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #93638 ] |
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| SDV46035 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV46036 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV1497 | Related to: Grand Western Canal, Tiverton to Somerset Border (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 10 2015 3:59PM |
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