The Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1974. Road bridge.
The Bridge
- WRENN ID
- small-entrance-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1974
- Type
- Road bridge
- Address
- The Bridge, Bridge Street, Louth
- OS grid reference
- TF 325 875
- Coordinates
- 53.36782, -0.00875
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bridge is a road bridge that spans the River Lud, built in the mid-18th century, with repairs and alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries.
It is constructed from ashlar sandstone, featuring some balusters made of concrete and brick underpinning below the parapets. The bridge has a two-arch design with masonry cutwaters on the upstream side, which are grooved to accommodate stop planks that divert water into the mill race of the nearby water mill through the northernmost arch.
Architecturally, the bridge showcases Palladian-style detailing and proportions. It has splayed abutments at both ends, with curved ashlar parapet walls that have panel decoration on their inner faces. Each end of the parapet walling is flanked by square-sectioned ashlar piers. The central sections of both parapets are divided into two parts, each consisting of eight moulded balusters, separated by a central rectangular panelled pier. The parapets are topped with moulded ashlar saddleback copings. The outer faces of the bridge also support 20th-century metal service pipe work, which is not considered of special interest.
The bridge is a significant feature in the setting of the adjacent former water mill, with which it was historically associated and shares group value.
Local climate
The Bridge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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