Rolster Bridge

Heritage listing

Details HARBERTON SX75NE 5/378 Rolster Bridge II Road bridge over Harbourne River. Probably C17 to C18 on earlier foundations, and with circa early C19 alterations. Slate rubble with slate voussoirs to arches. 2 widely spaced semi-circular arches, the east arch is the larger. The smaller west arch appears to be later and now takes the main stream which was diverted leaving the larger east arch as a flood arch. Probably at the same time the east arch was widened on the north upstream side. At the springing of the main arch there appear to be earlier bridge footings probably of the bridge mentioned by John Leland in 1534-43 ("a Stone Bridge caullid Rostel"). Parapets built of long vertical slates. Parapet on south side has been realigned. Large reinforcement buttress, like a cutwater, on the north, upstream side, diverts stream to west arch. sources: R Pearse Chape, Early Tours in Devon and Cornwall, p.60 C Henderson and E Jervoise, Old Devon Bridges, p.38 Listing NGR: SX7709256285 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 101284 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.