Description

SITHNEY

SW 62 NE

8/310

LOWERTOWN

Lowertown Bridge

II

Road bridge over the River Cober. Circa mid C19, widened circa late C19 or early C20. Granite rubble and roughly dressed granite, iron railings. Three-span bridge with square ended piers with granite lintels between and with low parapets of large granite blocks. Simple iron handrails threaded through ball joints over simple iron stanchions set into the parapets and round-headed granite monolithic terminal piers at either end. Built on the 'clapper bridge' principle and unaltered since widening.

The asset was previously listed twice also under the parish of Wendron, at List entry 1141990. This entry was removed from the List on 14 December 2017.

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 December 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455052

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2