Lostwithiel Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1949. A Medieval Bridge.
Lostwithiel Bridge
- WRENN ID
- buried-vestry-soot
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1949
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Lostwithiel Bridge, North Street, Cornwall
- OS grid reference
- SX 106 598
- Coordinates
- 50.40754, -4.66666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lostwithiel Bridge is a Grade I listed structure spanning the River Fowey. It was built in the mid-15th century, with an additional flood arch added in the 18th century and some late repairs. The bridge is constructed of slatestone rubble and features chamfered granite copings on the parapet walls. It runs east to west across the river, with the 18th-century works located to the east.
The bridge has five pointed arches, which include relieving arches. From the south side, there is a low four-centred arch to the left, followed by the four main arches, two of which are slightly taller and have cutwaters between the refuges on top. The five original arches each span 13 feet, and the roadway is 11 feet wide. The parapets, added in 1676, are splayed back at the west end and extend approximately 30 feet in total. To the right, there is a taller round flood arch with a buttress to the left and a smaller round floor arch, which was rebuilt in the 18th century.
Local climate
Lostwithiel Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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