Bridge Number 8 (Hodsons Bridge) is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Bridge.
Bridge Number 8 (Hodsons Bridge)
- WRENN ID
- young-alcove-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge Number 8 (Hodsons Bridge), Old Leake
- OS grid reference
- TF 373 511
- Coordinates
- 53.04012, 0.04658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hodson's Bridge, also known as Bridge Number 8, is a bridge built around 1805, likely designed by John Rennie. It is constructed of red brick with gritstone coping. The bridge features a single span with an elliptical brick arch, a brick band, and a central panel that is recessed. The end piers have a curved parapet. In the center of the arch, there is a cast iron plate displaying the bridge number in raised letters. This bridge is part of a series of structures on the Hobhole Drain, which were established by John Rennie during the drainage of the Fens.
Local climate
Bridge Number 8 (Hodsons Bridge) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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