Footbridges Over River Kenwyn and Leat
FOOTBRIDGES OVER RIVER KENWYN AND LEAT, NEW MILLS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1136692
- Date first listed:
- 03-Feb-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Footbridges Over River Kenwyn and Leat
- Statutory Address:
- FOOTBRIDGES OVER RIVER KENWYN AND LEAT, NEW MILLS
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- Date:
- 2001-12-14
- Reference:
- IOE01/05938/06
- Rights:
- © Margaret Hocking. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1136692
- Date first listed:
- 03-Feb-1986
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 08-Jan-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Footbridges Over River Kenwyn and Leat
- Statutory Address 1:
- FOOTBRIDGES OVER RIVER KENWYN AND LEAT, NEW MILLS
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:
- FOOTBRIDGES OVER RIVER KENWYN AND LEAT, NEW MILLS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Kenwyn
- National Grid Reference:
- SW8079745874
Details
The entry for
KENWYN NEW MILLS
SW 84 NW
3/183 Footbridge over the
River Kenwyn
Shall be amended to:
SW 84 NW NEW MILLS
3/183 Footbridges over
II River Kenwyn and Leat
and the description shall be amended to read:
Footbridge in two sections linked by causeways. Possibly C18. Granite slab walkways
carried on rubble abutments but with intermediate piers in granite monoliths. The
bridge over the river is in 3 openings, with one opening separated by a pier c3.5m
wide from the other two; and a pair of short supporting granite piers to the paired
openings. To the south c20m is the 2 opening leat span similar in construction to
the river spans. At either end the causeway runsout to road level, and the causeway
surfaces are in asphalt. On the east side of the footways are runs of iron tube rail
to tube standard, probably C19; the leat span has 5 standards and the river span 3+5
standards. A late version of the clapper bridge: the very deep footway slabs suggest
and C18 rather than C19 date.
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KENWYN NEW MILLS
SW 84 NW
3/183 Footbridge over the River Kenwyn
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GV II
Footbridge. Circa early C19. Rubble piers, one pier is of granite monoliths, and
rough granite lintels rather like a clapper bridge. 4 spans, with span to far left
(south), and other spans closer grouped to right (north) with narrow pier between
those to right. C20 iron handrail to west side.
A simple structure evolved from the clapper bridge principal and an interesting
survival of this primitive bridge type.
Listing NGR: SW8079745874
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 63288
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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