South Bridge at Water End Over the River Gade is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1952. Road bridge. 1 related planning application.

South Bridge at Water End Over the River Gade

WRENN ID
pale-gallery-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1952
Type
Road bridge
Address
South Bridge at Water End Over the River Gade, Leighton Buzzard Road (A4146), Great Gaddesden, HP1 3BH
OS grid reference
TL 040 103
Coordinates
51.78188, -0.49341
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The South Bridge at Water End over the River Gade is a road bridge dating from around 1800, which was built when the road was realigned. It was widened on the eastern side in 1976 by Hertfordshire County Council. The bridge is constructed of red brick in English bond with stone dressings and features a humped design in a medieval style, consisting of three pointed arches, each spanning 20 feet. There are four stone-capped cutwaters that are connected by a moulded string course. Inside the front arch, there is a deep-chamfered brick rib on the soffit. The plinths from which the arches spring are dressed with chamfered stone, and there is a weir under the bridge that marks the water level on the reconstructed upstream face. The brick parapets are capped with moulded stone, splayed at the ends, and are terminated by octagonal brick piers.

Local climate

South Bridge at Water End Over the River Gade sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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