Venton Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. Bridge.
Venton Bridge
- WRENN ID
- first-clay-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1986
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Venton Bridge, Widecombe in the Moor, Teignbridge
- OS grid reference
- SX 719 766
- Coordinates
- 50.57523, -3.80926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Venton Bridge is a clapper bridge that crosses the East Webburn River. It dates from the 18th century or early 19th century and is constructed of granite. The bridge features three spans supported by abutments and piers made of large granite blocks. Heavy granite lintels rest on these piers, which have sharply-pointed cutwaters on the upstream side. There are 20th-century iron railings on each side of the top of the bridge, fixed to short granite posts.
Local climate
Venton Bridge receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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