MSO10776 - Post-medieval packhorse bridge west of Lyncombe (Building)
Summary
Please read the Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record caveat document.
Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
Full Description
Packhorse bridge. C17-C18, possibly earlier. Lias. Dry stone flat bedded rubble; single span, pointed arch; rubble voussoirs; curved abutments; parapet of undressed stone set on end, ramped up to centre. Hump backed bridge with remains of pebble pathway. A fine example of a single span, humpbacked Exmoor bridge, unusual in that it appears not to have been altered during the last two hundred years. [1] English Heritage Listed Building Number: 265558. First Listed on 06/04/1959. [2] Stone, Random rubble, coursed walls. [3] The building was not visited as part of the rapid condition survey of Exmoor's Listed Buildings 2012-13. [4] Bridge shown but not described at SS 8672 3748 on 1976 Ordnance Survey map. [5] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [6]
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SSO672 Index: 2/1/1986. Thirty-fifth List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, District of West Somerset (Somerset)/Exmoor National Park.
- <2> SSO2013 Unassigned: Webster CJ, Historic Environment Record. 2005. Staff Comments, Somerset County Council.
- <3> SSO1 Unpublished document: Somerset County Council. Various. Somerset HER parish files - Exmoor records.
- <4> SEM8060 Report: Lawrence, G.. 2014. Exmoor National Park: Rapid condition survey of listed buildings 2012-13.
- <5> SEM7737 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1976. 1:2500. 1:25,000.
- <6> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 35736, Extant 21 September 2021.
External Links (1)
- http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=35736 (Original Monarch entry: 35736)
Other Statuses/References
- 2012-3 Building At Risk Score (Not visited): 1076/13/144
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO8531
- Local List Status (Unassessed)
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 83 NE22
- National Park: Exmoor National Park
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 35736
- Somerset SMR PRN: 31276
Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 8672 3748 (8m by 14m) |
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Map sheet | SS83NE |
Civil Parish | WINSFORD, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
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Record last edited
Sep 21 2021 3:52PM
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