Millcombe Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1991. A Early Modern Bridge.
Millcombe Bridge
- WRENN ID
- white-beam-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1991
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Millcombe Bridge, Blackawton
- OS grid reference
- SX 802 498
- Coordinates
- 50.3368, -3.68375
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Millcombe Bridge is a road bridge over the Gara stream, likely built in the 17th century, with widenings occurring in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed from local slate rubble and features a dressed slate arch-ring. The bridge has a small single span, with the upstream west side showcasing a dressed slate segmental arch on straight jambs with chamfered imposts. The east downstream side has a similar arch made of stone rubble, but its jambs do not have imposts. There is a small flood arch to the north with a corbelled arch. The parapets are topped with concrete coping. Based on the masonry joints under the arch, it appears that the original structure was a narrow pack-horse bridge at the center, which was widened on the west upstream side in the 19th century and on the downstream side at some point in the 19th century as well. The flood arch was constructed in the 18th century on the west side.
Local climate
Millcombe Bridge receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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