LYDIA BRIDGE

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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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LYDIA BRIDGE

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SOUTH BRENT LYDIA BRIDGE SX 6960

14/90 Lydia Bridge -

GV II

Road bridge over River Avon. C17 or C18 packhorse bridge with hump back and widened on upstream side. Stone rubble. single round arch. Large stone slabs forming string with parapets above with large granite coping stones. In 1669 Lydia Bridge was in decay and the existing bridge appears to be either the restored earlier bridge or an entire rebuilding of late C17 or C18. Reference: C Henderson and E Jervoise 'Old Devon Bridges', pp.24 and 25.

Listing NGR: SX6957360666

Selected Sources

Books and journals
Henderson, C, Jervoise, E , Old Devon Bridges, (1938), 24 25

National Grid Reference: SX 69573 60666

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