Railway Viaduct Immediately East of Littlehempston Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Railway viaduct.
Railway Viaduct Immediately East of Littlehempston Bridge
- WRENN ID
- sunken-casement-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- OS grid reference
- SX 813 627
- Coordinates
- 50.45255, -3.6726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway viaduct immediately east of Littlehempston Bridge is a Grade II listed structure built around 1847. It spans the River Hems and is constructed of stone rubble. The viaduct features three spans with elliptical pink sandstone arches set at a slight angle. Above the arches is a sandstone stringcourse, and the parapet has plain stone coping. An iron girder bridge from the 20th century, which rests on stone piers to the east, is not included in this listing. The South Devon Railway, which was authorized in 1844, opened this section from Newton Abbot to Totnes in 1847, originally intended for atmospheric trains that were never utilized. The Great Western Railway took over the line in 1876, and the South Devon Company was dissolved in 1878. The broad gauge was replaced in 1892.
Local climate
Railway Viaduct Immediately East of Littlehempston Bridge receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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