Long Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1951. A C13 Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Long Bridge
- WRENN ID
- stony-granite-onyx
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1951
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Long Bridge, Barnstaple, North Devon
- OS grid reference
- SS 557 329
- Coordinates
- 51.07743, -4.0602
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Long Bridge is a Grade I road bridge over the River Taw, including causeways. It dates back to the 13th century, although the three arches on the town side were replaced in 1589. The bridge has been widened at least three times, including a widening by James Green in 1834 and most recently in the 1960s, which used concrete faced with rubble. The structure features grey rubble with ashlar arch rings from one of the later phases and has a rubble parapet. It measures approximately 159 metres in length and has sixteen arches, showcasing the pointed medieval arches of the original 3-metre (10-foot) wide bridge behind the later segmental arches. Additional features include cutwaters, a platband at road level, and a plain parapet. This bridge is significant for its medieval design and large scale.
Local climate
Long Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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