Bridge Over River Wye is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1970. Bridge.

Bridge Over River Wye

WRENN ID
woven-stone-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1970
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Over River Wye, the Square
OS grid reference
SK 056 734
Coordinates
53.25779, -1.91718
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the River Wye in Buxton is a late 19th-century structure, manufactured by H Bailey and Sons Co from Manchester. It features painted cast-iron and coursed dressed stone piers. Both the west and east sides have four piers with moulded cornices that support the main shallow arch, which has a pendant and is flanked by two smaller side arches. All arches have trellised spandrels and a balustrade. Notable details include rosette bosses on the trellis, two square-section verticals with shallow caps, and a moulded top rail on the balustrade. Round-headed segmental arches support the bridge. This bridge serves as an ornamental feature of the Pavilion Gardens, which were originally designed by Sir Joseph Paxton for the Duke of Devonshire.

Local climate

Bridge Over River Wye sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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