Gallox Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. A C15 Packhorse bridge.

Gallox Bridge

WRENN ID
ragged-cupola-fern
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1969
Type
Packhorse bridge
Address
Gallox Bridge, Park Street, Dunster, Somerset
OS grid reference
SS 989 432
Coordinates
51.17919, -3.44703
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gallox Bridge is a possibly 15th century narrow stone packhorse bridge featuring two arches and a central cutwater on the west side. It has stone parapets, with one parapet bordering the approach footpath. The bridge is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 149).

Local climate

Gallox Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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