Packhorse Bridge at Ngr Ss 8670 3748, About 50 Metres West of Lyncombe is a Grade II* listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 April 1959. A C17-C18 Bridge.

Packhorse Bridge at Ngr Ss 8670 3748, About 50 Metres West of Lyncombe

WRENN ID
silver-plaster-swift
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 April 1959
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SS 867 374
Coordinates
51.12542, -3.62012
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a packhorse bridge located about 50 meters west of Lyncombe. It dates from the 17th to 18th century, and may be even older. The bridge is constructed from Lias stone and features dry stone flat bedded rubble. It has a single span with a pointed arch, rubble voussoirs, and curved abutments. The parapet is made of undressed stone set on end and ramps up to the center. The bridge has a humpbacked profile and retains remnants of a pebble pathway. This bridge is a fine example of a single span, humpbacked Exmoor bridge and is notable for not having been altered in the last two hundred years.

Local climate

Packhorse Bridge at Ngr Ss 8670 3748, About 50 Metres West of Lyncombe sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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