Potwell Dyke Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1992. Road bridge.

Potwell Dyke Bridge

WRENN ID
ancient-rotunda-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newark and Sherwood
Constituency
Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1992
Type
Road bridge
Address
Potwell Dyke Bridge, Church Street, Southwell, NG25 0HQ
OS grid reference
SK 704 537
Coordinates
53.07625, -0.94976
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Potwell Dyke Bridge is an early 19th-century road bridge located in Southwell. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features a single segmental arch. The parapet walls are topped with gabled brick copings and have round-cornered piers with flat caps. The north side of the bridge has two piers, while the longer south side has four piers.

Local climate

Potwell Dyke Bridge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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