Atcham Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1985. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Atcham Bridge
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-slate-oak
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1985
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Atcham Bridge, 90m North-West of the Mytton and Mermaid Hotel, SY5 6QG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 540 093
- Coordinates
- 52.67952, -2.68098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Atcham Bridge, a former road bridge built between 1769 and 1771, was designed by John Gwynne of Shrewsbury for the County of Shropshire. Constructed from grey sandstone ashlar, this humped-back bridge features seven graded, round arches with banded rusticated soffits and voussoirs. Each arch is adorned with a group of triple keystones, which include fluted outer stones surrounding a central stone with vermiculated rustication. The arches spring from piers that have concave-capped breakwaters at their bases. Above the arches, there is a string course, and the bridge is topped with a coped parapet that ramps up to central pediments and date stones. The structure is buttressed by curved end piers that are capped with pyramidal stones. The piers are complemented by carved scrolls and low curved parapet walls. The central half-H date stones are inscribed: "THIS BRIDGE/Was erected at the Expence [sic] of the County/MDCCLXXXI/JOHN GWYNN Arch."
Local climate
Atcham 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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