Ivelet Bridge

Ivelet Bridge is a historic structure in Ivelet, a hamlet in North Yorkshire, in England.

The packhorse bridge over the River Swale was constructed in the late 16th century.^[1] Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as "the most romantic of the Swaledale bridges. One arch, rising very high and never widened".^[2] It was grade II* listed in 1966.^[1] The bridge was damaged by a vehicle in 2012, but was repaired ahead of the 2014 Tour de France passing nearby.^[3]

The bridge is built of rubble, and consists of a single semicircular arch of voussoirs, surmounted by smaller stones forming a hood mould. The parapets have segmental coping, and they curve round at the northeast corner.^[1] Immediately to its northeast is a separately listed Mediaeval stone slab, said to have been used to rest coffins being transported to the Church of St Andrew, Grinton.^[4]

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1. ^ ^{a b c} Historic England. "Ivelet Bridge, Muker (1179137)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
2. ^ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.
3. ^ Foster, Mark (13 March 2015). "Fears that iconic Dales bridge could crumble into river". Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
4. ^ Historic England. "Coffin stone approximately 1 metre to north-east of Ivelet Bridge, Muker (1131527)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

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