Rothern Bridge and flanking walls is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. A C15 Bridge.
Rothern Bridge and flanking walls
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-panel-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Rothern Bridge and flanking walls, Great Torrington
- OS grid reference
- SS 479 197
- Coordinates
- 50.95699, -4.1669
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rothern Bridge, an early 15th-century structure, was widened in the early 19th century. It is built from rubble stone with ashlar dressings and is oriented roughly south-west to north-east as it crosses the River Torridge.
The original arches of the bridge are visible on the undersides, where they rise sharply from the piers to a narrow point. The road carried on these arches was originally between 2.75 meters and 3 meters wide. When the bridge was widened, new arches were added, springing from the cutwaters, which increased the road width to 4 meters.
Above the arches, there is a projecting string course, and above this are the parapets. At the points where the cutwaters rise, they continue above the string course as pilasters. The parapets feature chamfered ashlar copings.
Local climate
Rothern Bridge and flanking walls receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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