Pleshey Castle Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. A C15 Bridge.
Pleshey Castle Bridge
- WRENN ID
- haunted-spire-reed
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Pleshey Castle Bridge, the Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 665 144
- Coordinates
- 51.80387, 0.41373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pleshey Castle Bridge is a Grade I listed structure located on the southeast side of The Street in Pleshey. This 15th-century bridge is made of red brick and features a single span that crosses the moat surrounding the castle mound. It has a two-centred arch and diagonally set buttresses. The bridge served as the approach to Pleshey Castle, which was originally built by the Mandevilles, likely in the 12th century, and later came under the ownership of the Duke of Gloucester. The castle fell into ruins after the Duke was executed by Richard II in 1397.
Local climate
Pleshey Castle Bridge 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 97% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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