Shipley Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1986. A 18th century Bridge.
Shipley Bridge
- WRENN ID
- peeling-alcove-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1986
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Shipley Bridge, South Brent, South Hams
- OS grid reference
- SX 680 628
- Coordinates
- 50.45082, -3.85936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shipley Bridge is a road bridge over the River Avon, which at this location is a moorland brook. It likely dates from the 18th century and was widened in the 19th century. The bridge is constructed of granite rubble and features a single span round arch with a dressed granite recessed arch ring. The parapets are topped with large, roughly squared granite coping stones. Originally, this was a narrow pack-horse bridge, and the widening occurred on the north upstream side. The Rev Samuel Rowe described it as a "single arched moorstone bridge," while James Coreen, the County Surveyor, referred to it as "a very rough bridge thrown across from two rocks."
Local climate
Shipley Bridge receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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