Footbridge About 30 Metres West of Chimney at Town Mill is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1990. Footbridge.
Footbridge About 30 Metres West of Chimney at Town Mill
- WRENN ID
- young-groin-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1990
- Type
- Footbridge
- OS grid reference
- SX 589 949
- Coordinates
- 50.73739, -4.00011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a footbridge located about 30 metres west of the chimney at Town Mill, dating from around the mid 19th century. It spans the River Okement and is designed as a narrow structure made of granite ashlar. The bridge features rock-faced voussoirs that form a single-span elliptical arch. It has chamfered granite coping and simple wrought-iron railings instead of traditional parapets. The footbridge provides a connection between the town centre and Town Mill, as well as Mill Road. The mill was enlarged in the mid 19th century by William Wood, who also established a manure and vitriol works, likely prompting the construction of this footbridge.
Local climate
Footbridge About 30 Metres West of Chimney at Town Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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