Bridge Over Penpont Water to South of Polyphant is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1989. Bridge.
Bridge Over Penpont Water to South of Polyphant
- WRENN ID
- crooked-banister-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1989
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge Over Penpont Water to South of Polyphant, Lewannick
- OS grid reference
- SX 259 815
- Coordinates
- 50.60753, -4.46118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a road bridge over the Penpont Water, located to the south of Polyphant. It was likely built in the mid-19th century and is made of stone rubble and granite. The bridge features three spans and is constructed in a clapper type design. It has roughly constructed stone rubble and granite piers with cutwaters on the west side. The roadway consists of several large pieces of granite that serve as lintels, spanning the stream between the piers.
Local climate
Bridge Over Penpont Water to South of Polyphant sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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