Cantlop Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1972. Bridge.
Cantlop Bridge
- WRENN ID
- scattered-pavement-shade
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1972
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Cantlop Bridge, 538m North-West of Cantlop Mill, Barrington, Shrewsbury, Berrington, SY5 6HQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 517 062
- Coordinates
- 52.65177, -2.71484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cantlop Bridge is a bridge over the Cound Brook, built in 1813 to a design approved by Thomas Telford.
The bridge features a cast-iron superstructure and railings, with abutments made of coursed red and grey sandstone that have ashlar dressings. The roadway surface consists of cast-iron deck plates that are tarmacked and now covered with gravel. The deck is supported by five cast-iron transverse members, which rest on four parallel, arched cast-iron ribs. These ribs are braced laterally and create a single segmental span of 9.5 meters. They originate from the stone abutments through a pair of transverse cast-iron plates set in rebates.
The abutments are battered and include moulded string courses and chamfered ashlar quoins, topped with cornices. They curve outward into the river bank on either side, giving the bridge a fan-shaped plan at both ends. Later stone revetment walls are present on the north-west and south-west sides. The elegant cast-iron railings are painted and feature a dog rail, dog bars, and shaped balusters at the ends. A plaque that was once on the bridge, engraved with "THOMAS TELFORD ESQR/ ENGINEER/ 1818," is no longer present.
Local climate
Cantlop Bridge receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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