Description

BOVEY TRACEY STATION ROAD, Bovey Tracey
SX 8178

11/87 Bovey Bridge
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23.8.55
GV II

Bridge over River Bovey at south-west end of Fore Street. Probably built in 1642
(datestone) and widened in 1852. Stone, partly rubble and partly ashlar, with
steel footbridge added on north-west side. Bridge consists of two segmental
arches, the central pier with cutwater on each side. South-east side has parapet
with coping, carried round the cutwater to form a refuge. North-west parapet
(rebuilt) has 2 re-set datestones inscribed 1642. The north-west half of the
bridge, including the cutwater, is of ashlar. The south-east half is mainly of
rubble with ashlar abutments and cutwater.
Sources: G P Jones, Notes on Bovey Tracey, 1826 with additions by H F Williams in
1962 (typescript in Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter) p.23. Devon Quarter
Sessions records, 1842-3 and 1852-3 (Devon Record Office, Devon Q/S 1/29, pp.113,
139, 168, 198, 218; 1/30, pp.486, 517, 638, 664).

Listing NGR: SX8145378229

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618797

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