Survey Data
Reg No
22208809
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
The Goats Bridge
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1820 - 1860
Coordinates
208801, 113633
Date Recorded
15/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Five-arch humpback road bridge over River Tar, built c. 1840, with flat-headed concrete flood arch to south end. V-cutwaters on upstream, west elevation. Elliptical-headed arches, middle being wider and taller, with dressed limestone voussoirs. Rubble limestone walls, soffits and parapet walls with concrete coping to parapet walls and to cutwaters. Large pipe carried across east elevation.
Appraisal
The steeply rising humpback form with large arches raised high over the river level is reminiscent of work by Samuel Jones, the County Engineer in the nineteenth century, and similar to that of the nearby Tar Bridge. The cut limestone voussoirs provide textural contrast to the rubble stone walls. The long splayed parapet walls provide a sense of anticipation and serve to visually anchor the bridge in the roadscape.