Malmsmead Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Bridge.

Malmsmead Bridge

WRENN ID
buried-pier-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1988
Type
Bridge
Address
Malmsmead Bridge, Brendon and Countisbury, North Devon, EX35 6NU
OS grid reference
SS 791 477
Coordinates
51.21588, -3.73108
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Malmsmead Bridge is a packhorse bridge, likely dating from the 17th to 18th century. It is constructed from coursed rubblestone and features a humped-back shape. The bridge has a pair of round arches with rubble voussoirs and central triangular cutwaters that have broach tops. The parapets are topped with rubble copings, and there are curved retaining walls at the abutments. This bridge carries the Brendon - Oare road over Badgworthy Water, which marks the county boundary at this location.

Local climate

Malmsmead Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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