Iron Bridge Over the River Dee is a Grade I listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. Bridge.

Iron Bridge Over the River Dee

WRENN ID
former-fireplace-briar
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 June 1952
Type
Bridge
Address
Iron Bridge Over the River Dee, Aldford Approach to Eaton Hall, Aldford and Saighton
OS grid reference
SJ 418 600
Coordinates
53.13477, -2.87094
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Iron Bridge over the River Dee, built in 1824 by William Hazledine for the 1st Marquis of Westminster, is a Grade I listed structure. This bridge features a single span of 50 metres that forms a lofty segmental arch with open spandrels. The spandrels contain lattice bracing decorated with cusped mouchettes, trefoils, and quatrefoils. The bridge is constructed of cast iron and has yellow sandstone abutments. It includes cast iron railings with dogbars and cusped heads on the panels, as well as cast iron double gates at the crown of the bridge. The carriageway bands feature raised cast lettering, with the names of William Hazledine, Director, and William Stuttle, Clerk of Works, on the north side at the west end, and William Crossley, Surveyor, and William Stuttle, Junior Founder, on the south side at the east end. The massive sandstone abutments are curved in plan and end in octagonal piers. Notably, the western half of the bridge is located in Poulton civil parish.

Local climate

Iron Bridge Over the River Dee receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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