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Draynes Bridge, Cornwall: historic building record |
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Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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cornwall2-159661_1.pdf (12 MB)
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Abstract: |
Draynes Bridge is a four span granite lintel bridge carrying a minor road over the River Fowey in southeast Cornwall. This bridge is listed at Grade II and strengthening proposals designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff and Cormac Solutions Ltd (on behalf of Cornwall Council's Highways) prompted a programme of historic building recording both before and during the works. Although a bridge existed here in earlier centuries the present structure was built in 1876, as commemorated by prominent datestones on each parapet. The bridge has spans carried on quarried granite lintels linking the abutments and cutwaters (a technical development of the 'clapper bridge' principle). This form of bridge construction is relatively common in Cornwall, although examples of multi-span bridges on larger rivers are less frequently encountered. Detailed examination revealed that the bridge contains elements that pre-date 1876, particularly granite lintels in the easternmost span. The St Neot Tithe Map of c1840 shows a ford running across the Fowey to the south of the present bridge site, with a narrow packhorse bridge or footbridge also spanning the river. An embankment running alongside the western approach to the present bridge appears to be a remnant of the earlier bridge causeway. The approaches to the ford on each side of the river are also still visible. |
Author: |
N Thomas
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Publisher: |
Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2013
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Draynes Bridge |
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Cornwall |
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Cornwall |
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ST CLEER |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 222822, 68914 (Easting, Northing)
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cornwall2-159661 |
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2013R068 |
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A4 bound PDF
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |