Bickham Bridge Bickham Bridge (Formerly Under the Parish of North Huish) is a Grade II* listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1961. A Early Modern Bridge.
Bickham Bridge Bickham Bridge (Formerly Under the Parish of North Huish)
- WRENN ID
- open-clay-moss
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1961
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Bickham Bridge Bickham Bridge (Formerly Under the Parish of North Huish), Diptford
- OS grid reference
- SX 725 553
- Coordinates
- 50.3845, -3.79359
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bickham Bridge is a road bridge over the River Avon, likely built in the 16th century or early 17th century. It is constructed from slate rubble and features dressed slate arches. The bridge has two spans with round arches that have recessed arch rings; the outer ring is chamfered, and the arches spring from chamfered imposts. There are curators on the central pier on both the upstream and downstream sides, which include triangular refuges in the parapets. The parapets consist of dressed vertical slates with deep lacing slates at intervals, and they splay out at either end over the abutments. The carriageway on the bridge is approximately 3.5 meters wide. It is important to note that previous sources incorrectly stated that the bridge has three spans. Bickham Bridge is located on the parish boundary and was previously partly within North Huish parish before recent boundary changes; it is now entirely within Diptford.
Local climate
Bickham Bridge Bickham Bridge (Formerly Under the Parish of North Huish) receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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