Walcot Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Bridge.
Walcot Bridge
- WRENN ID
- deep-spindle-barley
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Walcot Bridge, Rodington
- OS grid reference
- SJ 593 123
- Coordinates
- 52.70747, -2.60341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walcot Bridge, dated 1782, is a road bridge over the River Tern designed by William Hayward, who worked from around 1740 to 1782. The bridge is constructed of ashlar and features three rusticated round arches with keyblocks. Above the arches, the cutwaters have semi-circular section 'pilasters' in the spandrels. There is a string course and a low parapet, which includes a central panel inscribed with the date MDCCLXXXII and the inscription "the last Edifice erected by that ingenious Architect William Hayward." The abutments of the bridge splay outwards and are finished with square piers. William Hayward is also known for designing the bridge over the River Tern at Atcham, Shropshire, and the bridge over the Thames at Henley, Oxfordshire, both completed in 1781.
Local climate
Walcot Bridge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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