Abbey Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Bridge.

Abbey Bridge

WRENN ID
hidden-minaret-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1983
Type
Bridge
Address
Abbey Bridge, Abbeywalk, Tavistock
OS grid reference
SX 482 743
Coordinates
50.54898, -4.14354
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Abbey Bridge, built in 1763 and widened with altered approaches in 1859-60, spans the River Tavy. It is constructed of granite ashlar and features two segmented arches with cutwaters on the higher side.

Local climate

Abbey Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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