Lapford Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. Bridge.
Lapford Bridge
- WRENN ID
- fallow-arch-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1985
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SS 726 080
- Coordinates
- 50.85775, -3.81067
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lapford Bridge is a road bridge over the River Yeo, dated 1830 and built by Roger Tyler for the Trustees of the Exeter Turnpike. The bridge is constructed from snecked mudstone and volcanic trap, featuring a rusticated ashlar arch and parapet, with granite coping and a string course. It has a single span, with vertical abutments and a segmental arch where some of the ashlar voussoirs are incised to resemble two headers for uniformity. A plain granite string course at road level ramps slightly towards the center. The rusticated ashlar parapet carries a granite coping that is slightly weathered on each side. The walls curve outward on each side to terminal piers that project externally. The inner face of the north-eastern parapet includes a granite plaque with a moulded frame and concave corners, inscribed with 'Lapford Bridge. Erected Anno 1830 at the expense of the Trustees of the Exeter Turnpike. Roger Tyler. Builder.'
Local climate
Lapford Bridge receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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