Plym Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1952. Bridge.
Plym Bridge
- WRENN ID
- half-chimney-rush
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1952
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Plym Bridge, Plymbridge Road, Sparkwell
- OS grid reference
- SX 523 587
- Coordinates
- 50.40964, -4.07895
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Plym Bridge is a narrow road bridge that crosses the River Plym, located partly within the City of Plymouth. It dates from around the 18th century and is built on earlier piers. The bridge is constructed of killas rubble and features five semi-circular arches with slightly recessed arch rings. There are cutwaters on both the upstream and downstream sides of the piers. The parapets have chamfered granite coping stones and are splayed out at either end over the abutments. Historical records indicate that a bridge has existed at this location since at least 1238, serving as part of the main road from Tavistock to Plympton. The springing of the earlier arches can be seen just above water level.
Local climate
Plym Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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