Appleford Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. A Georgian Bridge.
Appleford Bridge
- WRENN ID
- fading-moat-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1985
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Appleford Bridge, Braxted Park Road, Rivenhall
- OS grid reference
- TL 843 158
- Coordinates
- 51.81047, 0.67349
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Appleford Bridge is a road bridge that crosses the River Blackwater and was built around 1767. It is constructed of red brick with black brick coping and features three semi-circular arches. The bridge has four circular tie plates, a band above, and a brick parapet, primarily using English bond. On the east face, there are two cutwaters. Stone plaques on the east and west faces are dated "Rivenhall-Braxted 1767". The River Blackwater serves as the boundary between the parishes of Rivenhall and Great Braxted.
Local climate
Appleford Bridge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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