Clapper Bridge at Sx 669 889 is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. Footbridge.
Clapper Bridge at Sx 669 889
- WRENN ID
- sombre-cobalt-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Clapper Bridge at Sx 669 889, Gidleigh, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 668 888
- Coordinates
- 50.68437, -3.88598
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The clapper bridge at SX 669 889 is a 19th-century footbridge over Moortown Brook. It is constructed from roughly-shaped slabs of granite. The banks of the stream are supported by low granite abutments, and the bridge itself is formed by a single slab of granite.
Local climate
Clapper Bridge at Sx 669 889 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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