Gatepiers and Bridge in Tawstock Park Approximately 400 Metres South-West of Shorleigh Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1965. Gatepiers, bridge.
Gatepiers and Bridge in Tawstock Park Approximately 400 Metres South-West of Shorleigh Bridge
- WRENN ID
- rough-porch-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1965
- Type
- Gatepiers, bridge
- OS grid reference
- SS 553 302
- Coordinates
- 51.05361, -4.06577
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatepiers and bridge in Tawstock Park, located approximately 400 metres south-west of Shorleigh Bridge, consist of 18th-century gatepiers and a bridge likely from the 19th century. The gatepiers are made of ashlar stone and feature a square section with moulded caps and sculpted vases, which are heavily covered in ivy. The bridge has a semicircular arch and is constructed of stone rubble. The gatepiers are positioned at the north ends of the parapet walls.
Local climate
Gatepiers and Bridge in Tawstock Park Approximately 400 Metres South-West of Shorleigh Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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