Soper's Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1988. Footbridge.
Soper's Bridge
- WRENN ID
- strange-lintel-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 1988
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Soper's Bridge, Stoney Stanton
- OS grid reference
- SP 504 946
- Coordinates
- 52.54775, -1.2574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Soper's Bridge is a footbridge built in the late 18th century. It is constructed of random granite rubble with stone dressings and features four plain round arches. On the upstream side, there is a central cutwater, and at each end, there are curved retaining walls. The bridge has a 19th-century iron handrail and a pair of iron gateposts at each end.
Local climate
Soper's Bridge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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