Clapper Bridge Across Walla Brook on Road from Cator to Bellever is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. Bridge.

Clapper Bridge Across Walla Brook on Road from Cator to Bellever

WRENN ID
solitary-groin-laurel
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
Clapper Bridge Across Walla Brook on Road from Cator to Bellever, Widecombe in the Moor, Teignbridge
OS grid reference
SX 669 776
Coordinates
50.58315, -3.88009
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Clapper Bridge across Walla Brook, located on the road from Cator to Bellever, is a notable structure that likely dates from the 18th century or early 19th century. Constructed from granite rubble, the bridge features three spans supported by heavy granite lintels that rest on piers and abutments made of large granite blocks. The upstream side is characterized by sharply pointed cutwaters, while the parapets are topped with copings of roughly squared stones. This bridge serves as a crossing into Lydford parish.

Local climate

Clapper Bridge Across Walla Brook on Road from Cator to Bellever receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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