Wye Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. A C15 Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Wye Bridge
- WRENN ID
- last-attic-dust
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1952
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Wye Bridge, Hereford, HR4 9DG
- OS grid reference
- SO 508 395
- Coordinates
- 52.05255, -2.71875
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wye Bridge is a late 15th-century bridge located in Hereford, with significant widening work carried out in 1826. It is constructed of ashlar sandstone and features six arches, one of which was rebuilt in the 17th century. The bridge is characterised by V-shaped cutwaters incorporating refuges, decorative bands, and chamfered ashlar coping.
Local climate
Wye Bridge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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