MSO10774 - Edbrooke Packhorse Bridge (Building)

(SS 91173420) Edbrooke Bridge (NAT). [1] Packhorse bridge over River Exe. Possibly medieval in origin, rebuilt C18. Local stone random rubble, rubble voussoirs, slate coping. Two arch span, semicircular arches, small cutwater on upstream side only, probably pebble pavement to narrow pathway. The road to Winsford passed over the bridge until the new turnpike road was cut in 1824. [2] English Heritage Listed Building Number: 265556. First Listed on 02/01/1986. [3] Stone, Random rubble walls. [4] MSO12556 contained an entry that this bridge was a "Reinforced concrete slab bridge built in 1926 and designed by Edward Stead, County Surveyor. Bridge has stringcourse and level coping.The bridge is 6 feet in span". [5] This appears to be in error. [6] The building was visited in June 2012 as part of the rapid condition survey of Exmoor's Listed Buildings 2012-13. It received a BAR score of 5A. [7] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [8]