Spara Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1952. Bridge.
Spara Bridge
- WRENN ID
- fading-basalt-lichen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1952
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Spara Bridge, Ashton
- OS grid reference
- SX 843 840
- Coordinates
- 50.64485, -3.63708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Spara Bridge is a road bridge over the River Teign, built in 1660, as indicated by a datestone. It is constructed of granite rubble and features two spans with segmental arches and a small flood span. Tall cutwaters between the larger spans rise to create refuges, and the bridge has parapets with granite coping. An inscription panel set into the upstream parapet, though somewhat decayed, reads, "This bridge was builded at the countyes charges Anno 1660." Historical references by Jervoise and Henderson mention that a bridge called "Sparrowe Bridge" was in decay in 1647, suggesting that the current structure is a replacement.
Local climate
Spara Bridge receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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