New Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Bridge.

New Bridge

WRENN ID
vacant-string-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Bridge
Address
New Bridge, New London Road, CM2 0PD
OS grid reference
TL 708 066
Coordinates
51.73208, 0.47301
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

New Bridge, also known as Iron Bridge, is a 19th-century bridge featuring six iron elliptical arch ribs, each cast in four pieces and bolted together. The imposts are made of a mix of stock and gault bricks. The bridge now stands well back from the infilled river banks. Its parapets overhang the arch ribs and have cast-iron arcaded soffit edges. Additionally, the bridge is supported by twelve iron stanchions that feature square and diagonal cast iron open-work panels for the railings.

Local climate

New 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 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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