Bow Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1952. A Post-Medieval Bridge.
Bow Bridge
- WRENN ID
- iron-jade-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1952
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Bow Bridge, Ashprington
- OS grid reference
- SX 812 565
- Coordinates
- 50.39702, -3.67246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bow Bridge is a road bridge over the Harbourne River, likely built in the late 17th century or early 18th century, and widened in the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed from local stone rubble and slate. The bridge features a single span with a hump-back design and a dressed slate round arch. The parapets are made of vertical slate lacing and have dressed stone coping. They are swept out over the abutments, which extend significantly to the southwest, where there is a very small flood arch with a slate lintel. The bridge spans approximately 5 metres. Originally about 3 metres wide, it was widened on the downstream side in the early to mid-19th century with a finely dressed stone arch. The bridge is mentioned by Leland in the 16th century as being between Ashprington and Cornworthy, although this structure likely dates no earlier than the late 17th century.
Local climate
Bow Bridge 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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