River Exe Structures

Vicarage Bridge

Bridge Name: Vicarage Bridge
No.: 18
Location: SS 9061 3517
Build Date: 1835
Engineer: Reconstructed by Edward J Stead, County Surveyor, and built by G B Fisher and Sons.
Description:
A three-arched road bridge over the River Exe built in 1835 for the turnpike, bypassing the packhorse bridge to the west. It was widened in 1927-8 and restored in 1952. 1

Vicarage Bridge was an old stone bridge in medieval tradition, which was strengthened and widened in 1928, the old masonry being reinstated in the elevation. (Jervoise says it was pulled down and replaced). [2,3] [2]

Department of the Environment, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest , DOE(HHR) West Somerset Dist (Exford et al) Somer 2nd Jan 1986 83 (Index). SMO5109. 3

 

References:

1. Exmoor National Park HER MSO8542
2. THe Ancient Bridges of the South of England – Jervoise
3. Department of the Environment, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest , DOE(HHR) West Somerset Dist (Exford et al) Somer 2nd Jan 1986 83 (Index). SMO5109.