Holy Trinity Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 January 1962. A Medieval Footbridge.
Holy Trinity Bridge
- WRENN ID
- western-sill-twilight
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Holland
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 January 1962
- Type
- Footbridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Holy Trinity Bridge, East Street, Crowland
- OS grid reference
- TF 239 102
- Coordinates
- 52.67569, -0.16831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holy Trinity Bridge is a footbridge dating from around 1375, constructed from limestone ashlar and rubble. It has a triangular plan featuring three richly moulded pointed archways that are connected at angles of 120 degrees. Beneath the bridge, there are three broad semi-circular arches adorned with slender liernes. The upper walkways are bordered by high moulded coped parapets.
On the west side, there is a steep flight of 13 steps, while the east side has a flight of 5 steps leading down to a rubble slope. The south side features a flight of 4 steps that leads to another rubble slope, which has a wooden railing on the west side; this may indicate a partial remodelling.
A notable feature is a 6-foot high seated figure of Christ holding an orb, which is positioned against the west side of the east wall of the flight of steps. This statue dates from around 1260 and likely originated from the apex of the west front of Crowland Abbey, which was dismantled in 1720. The bridge originally served as a crossing over the junction of the rivers Nene and Welland, and historical records indicate that a wooden triangular bridge existed at this location as early as 943.
Local climate
Holy Trinity Bridge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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