Footbridge immediately south of Membury Court
Membury Court, Membury, Axminster, EX13 7TL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1098475
- Date first listed:
- 08-May-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Footbridge immediately south of Membury Court
- Statutory Address:
- Membury Court, Membury, Axminster, EX13 7TL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1098475
- Date first listed:
- 08-May-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 22-Jun-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Footbridge immediately south of Membury Court
- Statutory Address 1:
- Membury Court, Membury, Axminster, EX13 7TL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Membury Court, Membury, Axminster, EX13 7TL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- East Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Membury
- National Grid Reference:
- ST2641303763
Summary
A stone footbridge of C18/ C19 date.
Reasons for Designation
The footbridge south of Membury Court, Membury, Devon is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural interest: a well-articulated, if modest, stone footbridge;
* Historic interest: for its association with the early medieval Manor House site at Membury, associated Goldcliff Priory, and later the Duke of Warwick, Abbey of Tewkesbury and Dean and Chapter of Windsor. Membury Court has a long and rich history with significant associations of national historic note;
* Group value: an important historic farmstead, including a medieval hall house, an early-C14 chapel and possibly one of the earliest farm buildings in Devon.
History
There is evidence of Romano-British occupation in the vicinity of Membury Court (qv), and a villa site was excavated in the field to the north of the Cider Barn/ Chapel (qv) in 2014. At Domesday (1086), Membury Court was the manor house of the Manor of Membury, and was given to Goldcliff Priory in Monmouthshire by owner Robert de Chandos in 1113. The earliest surviving fabric within Membury Court, parts of the medieval hall house roof, probably dates to the late C14 or early C15. The major rebuilding of the house took place in c.1580-1650, and further alterations were carried out in the C18 and C19, and later.
The footbridge crosses a brook to the south of the house, and is probably of C18 date. A bridge is shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Map of 1889.
Details
A footbridge, probably of C18 date.
MATERIALS: rubble stone with one arch rebuilt in brick.
DESCRIPTION: a small footbridge over the stream in front of Membury Court. It has two small segmental arches. There are no parapets.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 88044
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
Devon and Dartmoor HER: MDV27190 - Footbridge, Membury Court, accessed 19/02/2015 from http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MDV27190&resourceID=104
Other
Membury Court, Devon: Medieval House and Chapel, J Thorp, 1993
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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