Morton Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. Bridge.
Morton Bridge
- WRENN ID
- drifting-dormer-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SJ 313 231
- Coordinates
- 52.80192, -3.01975
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Morton Bridge is an early 19th-century bridge constructed from regularly coursed red sandstone blocks. It features a single segmental arch made of voussoirs with a raised keystone. The bridge has a string course and rectangular end pilasters topped with shallow pyramidal finials. The south side includes a coped parapet and the bridge spans the River Morda. This structure has been listed multiple times, with duplicate records removed on 1 May 2019. The current record is situated within the parishes of Knockin, West Felton, and Oswestry Rural.
Local climate
Morton Bridge receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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