Higher Meavy Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. A C16 Bridge.
Higher Meavy Bridge
- WRENN ID
- old-chimney-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Higher Meavy Bridge, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 546 669
- Coordinates
- 50.48465, -4.05064
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Meavy Bridge is a road bridge over the River Meavy. It is likely an early 19th-century repair of an older bridge, incorporating some of the earlier materials. The bridge is constructed of granite rubble with roughly dressed granite coping stones. It features a single span round-headed arch with a projecting keystone on the west (downstream) side. The bridge has a cranked parapet and swept-out abutments. The eastern side appears to have been rebuilt more recently. This bridge was part of the main route from Meavy to Cornwood and is probably located on the site of a bridge shown on a 16th-century map. Historical records indicate that repairs were needed for Higher Meavy Bridge in 1665, and it was widened by about 2 feet on the downstream side before 1809.
Local climate
Higher Meavy 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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