Cresswell Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1970. Estate related structures.
Cresswell Bridge
- WRENN ID
- lesser-gallery-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1970
- Type
- Estate related structures
- Address
- Cresswell Bridge, Martletwy
- OS grid reference
- SN 050 071
- Coordinates
- 51.72875, -4.82414
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Cresswell Bridge is a bridge made of uncoursed hammer-dressed local sandstone, featuring two low segmental arches, each with a span of about 5 meters, and cutwaters on both the upstream and downstream sides. The voussoirs are deep and rough. The bridge crosses the stream at an angle of about 30 degrees. Above the cutwaters, there are pedestrian refuges, with additional corbelling on the downstream side to support them. Some of the masonry on the downstream side appears to be a repair made with a different type of stone.
The entire bridge, including its long northern approach, measures about 100 meters in length and is 3.6 meters wide between the parapets. The road is elevated above the adjacent fields to remain clear of the water level during spring high tide.
The bridge parapets feature upright coping stones that are weathered outwards, with bond-stones incorporated into the mass of the parapets at intervals. There is a stile and steps leading down to the right bank below the bridge.
Local climate
Cresswell Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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