New Bridge with Steps to Footpath is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1989. Bridge.

New Bridge with Steps to Footpath

WRENN ID
dreaming-moulding-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 July 1989
Type
Bridge
Address
New Bridge with Steps to Footpath, B3196, Churchstow
OS grid reference
SX 719 476
Coordinates
50.31446, -3.80053
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

New Bridge with steps to footpath is a road bridge over the River Avon, built in the late 18th century or early 19th century as part of a turnpike route, replacing an earlier road over Newmill Bridge. It is constructed from squared coursed slate stone and features a large single segmental span with flush voussoirs beneath a continuous string course. The parapets are squared and include a series of vertical 'through stones' at regular intervals.

At each end of the arch and on both faces, there are shallow square buttresses that extend through, with the abutments slightly flared out. The east end has abutments that extend for approximately 14 meters to a flight of stone stairs on each side, leading to a landing and a stone stile slab at the top. The abutment wall on the south side includes two large added raking buttresses that reach the height of the string course. The total length of the bridge parapets is about 53 meters, and the roadway is approximately 4 meters wide.

Local climate

New Bridge with Steps to Footpath receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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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