Bow Bridge, Plox

Bow Bridge
Location Plox, Bruton, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°06′43″N 2°27′18″W / 51.11194°N 2.45500°W / 51.11194; -2.45500Coordinates: 51°06′43″N 2°27′18″W / 51.11194°N 2.45500°W / 51.11194; -2.45500
Built 15th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated 24 March 1961[1]
Reference no. 261617
Designated 29 August 1984[2]
Reference no. Somerset County No 176
Location of Bow Bridge in Somerset

Bow Bridge is a 15th-century Packhorse bridge over the River Brue in Plox, Bruton, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building,[1] and Scheduled Ancient Monument.[2]

The bridge may have been built as a link between the former Bruton Abbey, and its Court House in the High Street.[1] On the parapet on the western side of the bridge the remains of a carved shield can still be seen.[2] It had acquired the name Bow Bridge by 1707.[3]

The narrow bridge of three arches is 42 inches (1,100 mm) wide. The main arch of the bridge is built from chamfered blocks of dressed stone.[4]

The bridge was restored after floods on 12 July 1982.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bow Bridge". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bow Bridge (also known as The Packhorse Bridge), Plox (North West side), Bruton". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  3. ↑ "Bruton". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds (1999), pp. 18-42. British History Online. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  4. ↑ Hinchliffe, Ernest (1994). Guide to the Packhorse Bridges of England. Cicerone. pp. 147–148. ISBN 978-1852841430.
  5. ↑ "Bow Bridge, Bruton". Transport Heritage. Retrieved 20 November 2010.

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