Spirit Bridge in Japanese Garden at Garden House 20 Meters to South-East of House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Bridge.

Spirit Bridge in Japanese Garden at Garden House 20 Meters to South-East of House

WRENN ID
narrow-foundation-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Bridge
Address
Spirit Bridge in Japanese Garden at Garden House 20 Meters to South-East of House, Church Lane, Cottered
OS grid reference
TL 316 291
Coordinates
51.94537, -0.0861
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Spirit Bridge in the Japanese Garden at Garden House was built in 1912 by Enomoto in Japan for Herbert Goode, a wealthy glass and china merchant who created the Japanese Garden between 1905 and 1926. This timber bridge, which is partly painted, features an arched design and narrow wooden structure with four-bay twin-rail balustrades that are partly infilled. Each side has four main posts topped with onion-shaped finials. The bridge spans the narrow part of Fox Lake and is inspired by the sacred bridge at Nikko in Japan, known as SHIN-KYO (Spirit Bridge).

Local climate

Spirit Bridge in Japanese Garden at Garden House 20 Meters to South-East of House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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