St Olave's Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1988. Bridge.
St Olave's Bridge
- WRENN ID
- solemn-corner-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth MP: Rupert Lowe (RB)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1988
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- St Olave's Bridge, Beccles Road, Haddiscoe, South Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TM 456 994
- Coordinates
- 52.53726, 1.62152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St. Olave's Bridge is a road bridge over the River Waveney, built in 1847 by George Edwards. It is located at the site of a medieval ferry, with proposals for a bridge dating back to 1297 and 1422. A stone bridge was constructed around 1509, followed by various repairs until the current structure was rebuilt in 1847. The bridge underwent decking replacement in 1920 and a pedestrian walkway was added to the south side in 1960. It is made of gault brick and cast iron, with some steel components. The bridge features gault brick piers on the east and west banks of the river, rounded to form cutwaters. It is designed with bowstring girder construction, using cast iron segments that support the deck through vertical hangers, which and the deck have now been replaced with steel. The deck is supported by steel transverse girders, and cast iron lattice parapets flank the decking, which is held up by scrolled brackets.
Local climate
St Olave's Bridge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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