Chirk Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Bridge.
Chirk Bridge
- WRENN ID
- rooted-truss-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Chirk Bridge, A 5, Weston Rhyn
- OS grid reference
- SJ 290 372
- Coordinates
- 52.92777, -3.05703
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chirk Bridge is a bridge built around 1798 by Thomas Telford, with later repairs and alterations. It is constructed from yellow sandstone ashlar and features a single segmental arch, a projecting keystone, and rusticated voussoirs that extend to the soffit. The bridge includes a flat string course, pilasters, a coped parapet, and rectangular corner piers. The construction contract was awarded to John Simpson of Shrewsbury, who was paid £1,093. Minor repairs were made by Thomas Stanton in 1831 and Edward Haycock in 1844. In the 1920s, the bridge was widened using reinforced concrete, but the original masonry was retained on the face. It spans the River Ceiriog.
Local climate
Chirk Bridge receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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