Blunham Bridges is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Bridges.
Blunham Bridges
- WRENN ID
- kindled-alcove-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1985
- Type
- Bridges
- Address
- Blunham Bridges, Tempsford Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 155 518
- Coordinates
- 52.15319, -0.31261
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blunham Bridges consists of two adjoining bridges that span the River Ivel. The western bridge dates from the 17th to 18th century and features 19th-century additions. It is constructed from coursed ironstone and limestone, with later sections made of red brick. This bridge has five arches and four stone-coped cutwaters on the south side. The parapet has mostly been rebuilt in red brick, incorporating vitrified brick and some stone coping. The eastern bridge is a late 19th-century structure with a single span, supported by iron girders mounted on coursed stone, and it has simple ironwork railings. The site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Blunham Bridges sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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