Brightley Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. Bridge.

Brightley Bridge

WRENN ID
sombre-step-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Type
Bridge
Address
Brightley Bridge, Okehampton Hamlets
OS grid reference
SX 598 974
Coordinates
50.75957, -3.98818
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brightley Bridge is a road bridge over the Okement River, likely incorporating some fabric from the 16th century and partly rebuilt in 1858. It is constructed of stone rubble with dressed granite voussoirs and coping stones, featuring three arches that are probably widened on both sides. The arches on the south side are segmental, while those on the north side are slightly 4-centred. The north (downstream) side has reconstructed flat cutwaters, whereas the cutwaters on the south (upstream) side are triangular and may be original. The bridge has straight parapets with swept out abutments.

Local climate

Brightley Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 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 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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