Sweetham Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1965. A Elizabethan Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Sweetham Bridge
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-chamber-aspen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1965
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Elizabethan
- Address
- Sweetham Bridge, Station Road, Newton St. Cyres
- OS grid reference
- SX 880 985
- Coordinates
- 50.77584, -3.58868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sweetham Bridge, also known as Lower Creedy Bridge, is a road bridge over the River Creedy, dating from the late 16th century. It is constructed of veined volcanic rubble and volcanic ashlar, with some Salcombe sandstone voussoirs. The bridge features two segmental arches, which are plain vaults with ashlar arch-rings in two orders, both of which are chamfered. A massive cutwater, made of large dressed stone concentrated towards the base, extends up to the parapet, creating deep refuges. The parapet is topped with volcanic stone coping. There are 19th-century iron ties that have been intruded into the southern arch.
Local climate
Sweetham Bridge receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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