Greystone Bridge

Two listed bridges given added protection to guard against repeat of storm damage

Protective measures have been installed on two Grade One listed bridges in West Devon to guard them against future storm damage.

Steel plates or “nosings” have been fixed to the piers of Newbridge at Gunnislake and Greystone Bridge near Tavistock in order to protect the structures from impacts during flooding.

Gunnislake Newbridge was left with a void in one of its piers in...

Greystone Bridge near Tavistock to be closed for essential repairs

Essential repairs will be carried out to Greystone Bridge on the B3362 in west Devon from Monday 25 July, with the road due to be closed for two weeks.

The Grade 1 Listed bridge, between Tavistock and Launceston, was damaged by trees and debris that had washed into the River Tamar during stormy conditions last November, leaving one of the granite piers with a void towards its base...