Respryn Bridge St. Winnow, England
Listed Building Data
Respryn Bridge has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1143087
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 6 June 1969
- Name
- RESPRYN BRIDGE
- Location
- RESPRYN BRIDGE
- Parish
- St. Winnow
- District
- Cornwall
- Grid Reference
- SX 09944 63488
- Easting
- 209944.0000
- Northing
- 63488.0000
Description
Bridge over the River Fowey. C15, with later alterations ; there was a bridge at Respryn by 1300. The bridge has five arches of different sizes and dates. The central arch is the oldest, with 4-centred arch, with granite arch- ring. The bridge is about 40 metres long and about 3 metres wide. The pass at Respryn Bridge was one of the most important strategic points in Cornwall, and was on the old track from Bodmin to Looe.
Listed Building Description
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LANHYDROCK SX 06 SE 9/61 Respryn Bridge 6.6.69 II*
Bridge over the River Fowey. C15, with later alterations ; there was a bridge at Respryn by 1300. Granite moorstone blocks ; the later parts in slatestone rubble with granite coping to the parapet. The bridge has five arches of different sizes and dates. The central arch is the oldest, with 4-centred arch, with granite arch- ring. The arch to west is round, with granite keystone, and the arch to each is rounded, with a slatestone arch-ring. On the upstream side, there are four triangular cutwaters with refuges; on the downstream side, only 2 cutwaters with refuges survive to east, one pier with the remains of a cutwater at the base. The parapet walls are low, with chamfered granite coping, splayed back at the east end. The bridge is about 40 metres long and about 3 metres wide. The pass at Respryn Bridge was one of the most important strategic points in Cornwall, and was on the old track from Bodmin to Looe. Ancient monument no. 63. Sources: Henderson, C. and Coates, H.: Old Cornish Bridges and Streams 1928.
Listing NGR: SX0994463488
