Sandford Bridge, Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1988. Bridge.
Sandford Bridge, Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation
- WRENN ID
- errant-sandstone-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1988
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Sandford Bridge, Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation, Sandford Mill Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 738 061
- Coordinates
- 51.72753, 0.51538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sandford Bridge is a bridge over the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation, built around 1797. The chief engineer was John Rennie, with supervision by Richard Coates. It is constructed of red brick in English bond, featuring sandstone coping. The bridge has a single round arch and a band that runs through square end pillars. It is one of the five original bridges on this navigation.
Local climate
Sandford Bridge, Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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