Skillwadden Bridge at SW 487377 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A Early C19 Bridge.

Skillwadden Bridge at SW 487377

WRENN ID
crumbling-tracery-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Type
Bridge
Address
Skillwadden Bridge at SW 487377, Towednack
OS grid reference
SW 487 377
Coordinates
50.18631, -5.52164
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Skillwadden Bridge is a road bridge over the Red River, built in the early 19th century. It features a single span with roughly hewn granite lintels that support the road surface and create low parapets. Above the parapets, there are iron railings that are threaded through iron stanchions.

Local climate

Skillwadden Bridge at SW 487377 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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