Clapper Bridge Over Mill Leet is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1984. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Clapper Bridge Over Mill Leet

WRENN ID
south-window-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1984
Type
Bridge
Address
Clapper Bridge Over Mill Leet, Church Street, Burton Bradstock, DT6 4QS
OS grid reference
SY 489 895
Coordinates
50.7031, -2.72474
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century clapper bridge spanning a mill leet (a man-made watercourse). It is a pedestrian bridge consisting of three large flagstones supported by two short piers constructed of rebuilt rubble stone. Cutwaters are present on the upstream side.

Local climate

Clapper Bridge Over Mill Leet receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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