Bridge Over Moat and Archway to Lower Huxley Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1967. Bridge, archway.
Bridge Over Moat and Archway to Lower Huxley Hall
- WRENN ID
- frozen-pewter-barley
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1967
- Type
- Bridge, archway
- Address
- Bridge Over Moat and Archway to Lower Huxley Hall, Hargrave and Huxley
- OS grid reference
- SJ 497 622
- Coordinates
- 53.15504, -2.75268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bridge over the moat and archway to Lower Huxley Hall is a Grade II* listed structure. The bridge dates from the late medieval period, while the remaining work of the archway and curtain wall is from the early to mid-17th century. It is constructed of buff and pink sandstone ashlar, with some sections of orange brick in English garden wall bond in the curtain wall.
The bridge features a pair of low segmental arches that are separated by triangular cutwaters. A plain parapet with chamfered coping follows the line of the cutwaters, and the carriageway is flagged. On the hall side of the bridge, there is an impressive moulded semi-circular archway, which includes raised springers, a rosette on the keystone, and a projecting band above. The archway is topped with a strapwork entablature that supports an open scrolled pediment, flanked by finials. Triangular ramps lead down onto the parapets. At the rear, there are stubs of a brick curtain wall featuring stone quoins and copings.
Local climate
Bridge Over Moat and Archway to Lower Huxley Hall receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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