Rockbeare Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1961. Road bridge. 1 related planning application.
Rockbeare Bridge
- WRENN ID
- last-latch-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1961
- Type
- Road bridge
- Address
- Rockbeare Bridge, Cranbrook
- OS grid reference
- SY 008 952
- Coordinates
- 50.74867, -3.40621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rockbeare Bridge is a road bridge that has been by-passed by the A30. It was rebuilt by G Reed in 1790 and is constructed from red sandstone and volcanic trap. The bridge features a single round arch, long abutment walls, and parapets with semi-circular coping stones. Notably, the profile of the parapet above the arch is distinctly triangular. On the south wall, east side (facing the A30), there are two inscription panels that have been reset. The first panel reads, "This Bridge repard beyond ye age of man is repard by County in eighty one. 1681. John Hall, Ralph Hakert." The second panel states, "Built by G Reed 1790."
Local climate
Rockbeare Bridge receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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