Old Benedicts Bridge, Including the Abutments is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. Bridge.

Old Benedicts Bridge, Including the Abutments

WRENN ID
strange-plinth-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 November 1986
Type
Bridge
Address
Old Benedicts Bridge, Including the Abutments, Ilsington
OS grid reference
SX 816 745
Coordinates
50.55902, -3.67204
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Benedicts Bridge is a bridge that crosses Liverton Brook, located on the loop road on the north-west side of the old A38, where it has been replaced by New Benedicts Bridge, which is not listed. The bridge is probably from the 18th century and is constructed of stone rubble, featuring voussoirs and copings made of dressed granite. It has a single segmental arch with a raised keystone on each side. The keystones are notable for their unusual semi-circular pendants on the underside, which are similar to those found at Dartmeet Bridge in Widecombe, built in 1792. The bridge also has long, low parapets with copings that have rounded tops.

Local climate

Old Benedicts Bridge, Including the Abutments receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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