Lower Drayton Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1986. Bridge.
Lower Drayton Bridge
- WRENN ID
- gentle-bastion-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1986
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Lower Drayton Bridge, Penkridge
- OS grid reference
- SJ 933 157
- Coordinates
- 52.73959, -2.10034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Drayton Bridge is a bridge built in the late 18th century, with alterations made in the mid 19th century. It is constructed of red brick resting on an ashlar plinth. The bridge features two semi-circular arches that span the River Penk, along with a parapet band and a plain parapet.
Local climate
Lower Drayton Bridge receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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