Chepstow Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1954. Bridge.
Chepstow Bridge
- WRENN ID
- mired-mullion-rush
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1954
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Chepstow Bridge, Tidenham, Forest of Dean
- OS grid reference
- ST 536 943
- Coordinates
- 51.64638, -2.67195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chepstow Bridge is a road bridge over the River Wye, dated 1816 and designed by John Raistrick. It features cast iron construction supported by five ribs of five segmental arches, which are graded from the center and rest on four massive stone breakwaters. These breakwaters are approximately elliptical and have larger plinths at low water level. There is an abutment on the Chepstow side and an abutment that leads to a right-angled return in the road on the Tutshill side.
The bridge has a continuous plain railed balustrade with evenly spaced standards, each holding eleven square balusters. There is a decorative panel at the center, with elaborate lamp standards on each side of the roadway. The balustrade features cast lettering in silhouette that reads "ANNO DOMINI 1816" and "MONMOUTH" to the south, and "GLOUCESTER" to the north, indicating that the bridge is situated half in Wales and half in England. Additionally, there are eight further decorative panels included in the balustrade. The design is noted for its singular grace, with the roadway rising to the center.
Local climate
Chepstow Bridge receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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