Chinese Bridge 300 Yards North of Wimpole Hall is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1967. A C18 Bridge.

Chinese Bridge 300 Yards North of Wimpole Hall

WRENN ID
young-rotunda-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1967
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
TL 333 517
Coordinates
52.14788, -0.05203
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chinese Bridge, located 300 yards north of Wimpole Hall, is an 18th-century structure that spans across fishponds. It was rebuilt in the mid-20th century and is constructed of wood supported by brick piers. The bridge features six bays with cut-waters and a parapet designed in a Chinese style, with each pier topped by a ball finial.

Local climate

Chinese Bridge 300 Yards North of Wimpole Hall 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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 0.3°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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