Alton Bridge (That Part in Alton Parish) is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. Road bridge.

Alton Bridge (That Part in Alton Parish)

WRENN ID
veiled-joist-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1986
Type
Road bridge
Address
Alton Bridge (That Part in Alton Parish), New Road
OS grid reference
SK 071 425
Coordinates
52.98028, -1.89448
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Alton Bridge, located in Alton Parish, is a road bridge built in the early 19th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone featuring edged parallel tooling and rock-faced outer abutments. The bridge has a single segmental arch that spans the River Churnet. The inner abutments are designed with channelled rustication that curves around to large pilasters topped with panelled and pyramidal caps. The bridge also features a roll-moulded parapet string and a balustraded parapet.

Local climate

Alton Bridge (That Part in Alton Parish) receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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