Albert Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 2002. Bridge.
Albert Bridge
- WRENN ID
- eternal-brass-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 2002
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Albert Bridge, Albert Road, Stamford
- OS grid reference
- TF 033 069
- Coordinates
- 52.65029, -0.47385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Albert Bridge is a pedestrian bridge over the River Welland, built in 1881 by Stamford Town Council to replace a bridge that was destroyed by a flood in July 1880. The bridge is constructed from coursed rubble stone and iron.
On either bank, the stone piers are adorned with a bold ashlar plinth and corner columns that support a stiff-leaf frieze topped with arched caps. The lower walls end in square lower piers that feature shallow pyramidal caps.
The bridge itself is supported by shallow curved iron girder arches, which are linked together at the center by another arch that spans the bridge deck and is topped with a gas lantern. The bridge has an iron lattice balustrade that is decorated with iron heart-shaped panels.
On the south-western pier, there is an iron plaque that reads, "THIS BRIDGE WAS ERECTED IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE MAYORALTY OF JOHN PARADISE ESQ. 1881 IN PLACE OF ONE TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FLOOD IN JULY, 1880."
Local climate
Albert Bridge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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