Arch Approximately 50 Metres South South East of Church of St Bridget is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. A Norman Arch.
Arch Approximately 50 Metres South South East of Church of St Bridget
- WRENN ID
- upper-sentry-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- Arch
- Period
- Norman
- OS grid reference
- SX 513 893
- Coordinates
- 50.68498, -4.10522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The arch located approximately 50 metres south-south-east of the Church of St Bridget is a Grade II listed structure. Originally, it served as the chancel arch of a Norman chapel that was demolished around 1828. The arch is made of volcanic stone and features angle shafts with capitals that are intricately carved with a dog-tooth design. It is set into a 19th-century rubble wall that has crenellations, and the arch is complemented by 19th-century wrought iron gates.
The arch was repositioned by the Reverend Coryndon Luxmore, who was the rector from 1786 to 1845. In 1830, he described the former chapel, noting that it had been converted into a poor house and that the arch had been moved to its current location at his own expense. He referred to the arch as a Saxon feature that separated the chancel from the main body of the church.
Local climate
Arch Approximately 50 Metres South South East of Church of St Bridget 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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