Clapper Bridge in Front of Jeffery's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Footbridge.
Clapper Bridge in Front of Jeffery's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- final-pewter-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1988
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Clapper Bridge in Front of Jeffery's Cottage, St. Buryan, Lamorna and Paul
- OS grid reference
- SW 402 227
- Coordinates
- 50.04808, -5.62992
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The clapper bridge in front of Jeffery's Cottage is a footbridge, likely dating from the 17th century. It is constructed from unhewn granite monoliths and granite rubble. The bridge features three spans, with a single granite lintel forming each span. It remains complete and unaltered, making it the only known example of a true clapper bridge in West Cornwall.
Local climate
Clapper Bridge in Front of Jeffery's Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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