Croscombe roadbridge over the River Sheppey is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. Bridge.
Croscombe roadbridge over the River Sheppey
- WRENN ID
- iron-pavement-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- ST 592 443
- Coordinates
- 51.19652, -2.58473
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Croscombe roadbridge over the River Sheppey is a Grade II listed structure. It is constructed from coursed squared rubble stone and some ashlar, featuring a tarmac carriageway surface. The bridge runs from north-east to south-west on Shepton Street at the junction with Long Street to the north. It consists of a pair of skewed arches, with a central pier that has an offset cutwater buttress on the eastern, upstream elevation. The bridge is topped with a moulded parapet that steps down on the south-west side.
Local climate
Croscombe roadbridge over the River Sheppey receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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