Sowton Cottage Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. A C19 Bridge.

Sowton Cottage Bridge

WRENN ID
leaning-keep-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Type
Bridge
Address
Sowton Cottage Bridge, Dunsford
OS grid reference
SX 823 884
Coordinates
50.68341, -3.66686
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sowton Cottage Bridge is an early 19th-century road bridge that spans the River Teign. It is constructed of granite ashlar and features a single span with parapets and an elliptical arch ring. There is a string course at road level, and the parapets are topped with rounded granite capping.

Local climate

Sowton Cottage Bridge receives an average of 900 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 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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