Ornamental Bridge over the Rising Brook, c.100m to the south-west of Lakeside is a Grade II listed building in the Cannock Chase local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 2012. Bridge.

Ornamental Bridge over the Rising Brook, c.100m to the south-west of Lakeside

WRENN ID
crumbling-eave-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cannock Chase
Constituency
Cannock Chase MP: Josh Newbury (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 January 2012
Type
Bridge
Address
Ornamental Bridge over the Rising Brook, c.100m to the south-west of Lakeside, WS15 2AN
OS grid reference
SK 038 179
Coordinates
52.75887, -1.94386
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ornamental bridge over the Rising Brook, located about 100 meters south-west of Lakeside, was built in the 1790s for Assheton Curzon of Hagley Hall, possibly by Joe Illidge of Northwich and Lostock.

This single-span bridge features a low segmental arch made from rusticated V-jointed voussoirs with vermiculated rustication. The abutments display shallow rustication with V-jointed ashlar, and a stone coping band carved with vitruvian scroll ornamentation runs along the top of the stonework. Above this is a wrought-iron balustrade, decorated with a lattice pattern on the lower section and a band of concentric circles above it. A cast-iron handrail tops the balustrade, although a section on the west face is missing. The bridge has four circular stone end piers, each topped with stone vases; the vase on the south-west pier is inscribed "JOE ILLIDGE NORTHWICH," while the one on the north-west pier reads "JOE ILLIDGE LOSTOCK."

Local climate

Ornamental Bridge over the Rising Brook, c.100m to the south-west of Lakeside receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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