St Ives-a new millennium - Flipbook - Page 11
St Ives-a new millennium
4/10/02
3:40 pm
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In 1736 two extra storeys were
added to the chapel, in brick.
During the 1850s and 1860s it was
turned into a notorious public house,
then a doctor’s surgery. By 1930 the
structure was found to be weakened
so the extra storeys were removed
and the chapel restored.
The bridge was further knocked
about by a Home Guard bren-gun
carrier in 1941, an amphibious tank
during the big flood in 1947 and a
gravel lorry in 1976, which all
breached the parapet. It remained a
main road bridge up to 1980 when
the bypass opened.
Since then the foundations have
been strengthened and the structure
reinforced. The stonework was
spruced up and re-pointed in 2000,
and lighting installed in 2002.
The Chapel Bridge undergoes restoration, 2000
Photo: Stuart Littlewood/Pentax MX (from a colour slide)
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