King Williams Bridge
KING WILLIAMS BRIDGE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1328541
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1961
- List Entry Name:
- King Williams Bridge
- Statutory Address:
- KING WILLIAMS BRIDGE
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-08-21
- Reference:
- IOE01/00046/28
- Rights:
- © Hilary Phillips. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1328541
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1961
- List Entry Name:
- King Williams Bridge
- Statutory Address 1:
- KING WILLIAMS BRIDGE
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:
- KING WILLIAMS BRIDGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Morwenstow
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 20800 11678
Details
SS 21 SW
3/71
29.9.61
MORWENSTOW
King Williams Bridge
II
Road bridge 1836. Dressed stone rubble with stone arches. Single span segmental
bridge with parapets with rough stone capping and stone pilasters at ends. Slate
built into western parapet, facing road, inscribed with "Toward the erection of
this bridge, built by subscription, in the year of human redemption 1836, his most
gracious Majesty King William the Fourth gave the sum of Twenty Pounds. Fear God!
Honour the King!" Hawker's second wife wrote that the bridge was largely financed
by Hawker, and was one of his first works in the parish, C E Byles, The Life and
Letters of R S Hawker (1905) p.76, although other evidence suggests that Hawker's
contribution was £2, Joan Rendell, Hawker Country (1980) p.56.
Listing NGR: SS2080011678
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 64882
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Byles, C E, The Life and Letters of RS Hawker, (1905), 76
Rendell, J, Hawker Country, (1980), 56
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 10-Jun-2026 at 11:55:40.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.