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Somerset Historic Environment Record

40394

Site Name:	Footbridge over road at ST 176 324, East Bagborough
Civil Parish:	Bishop's Lydeard
LISTED BUILDING grade:	II
Grid Ref:	ST 1758 3244 (ST 13 SE)
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Image:
	HER 40394 - Photo by Somerset County Council (28 April 1983)

Public access:

The public accessibility of this site is unknown or has not been checked. Please ask locally and do not visit without permission. [Information last updated on 11 January 2005]

Details:

Footbridge. Dated 1838. Red sandstone random rubble. Single span arch, chamfered corners to abutments, low parapet carrying cast iron spearhead design railings, parapet swept back and terminating in square red sandstone gatepiers topped with 2 courses of brickwork and sandstone caps. West end has simple wrought iron gate, probably coeval. Keystone on South front of bridge inscribed G.I.E. (George Esdaile) 1838. This bridge, largely obscured by ivy at time of survey (June 1983), originally connected Cothelstone House (now demolished) and stables to the East, with the walled kitchen garden to the West. {1}

English Heritage Listed Building Number: 270263. First Listed on 04/05/1984. {2}

References:

1	Statutory List - Thirty-sixth List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic interest: Borough of Taunton Deane (Somerset) (4/5/1984) Location: HER collections.
2	Compiler comment - Webster, CJ [Chris], Somerset County Council, Historic Environment Record (2005)

Record created in June 1983