Dippermill Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Road bridge.

Dippermill Bridge

WRENN ID
sleeping-quartz-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1988
Type
Road bridge
Address
Dippermill Bridge, Fore Street, Shebbear
OS grid reference
SS 438 064
Coordinates
50.83664, -4.21966
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dippermill Bridge is a road bridge that spans the River Torridge. It was built in the mid to late 19th century and is constructed from slate rubble stone, featuring curved dressed granite coping stones. The bridge has a single segmental arch, with cambered stringcourses above and swept out abutments.

Local climate

Dippermill Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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