Aspenden Bridge (Over River Rib) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Bridge.
Aspenden Bridge (Over River Rib)
- WRENN ID
- open-buttress-jay
- 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
- Aspenden Bridge (Over River Rib), Aspenden Road, Buntingford
- OS grid reference
- TL 363 285
- Coordinates
- 51.93876, -0.01806
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Aspenden Bridge is a road bridge over the River Rib, built in 1878 through private subscription, as indicated by a plaque on the southeast parapet wall that reads 'ASPENDEN BRIDGE/BUILT BY/PRIVATE SUBSCRIPTION/AD1878/W WATSON ESQ.' The bridge features red brick abutments that support parallel iron I-beams, which form the deck and are complemented by jack arches and tie-rods between the beams. It has a four-bay trellis open work iron balustrade, with short brick parapet walls over the abutments, finished with blue brick and stone copings. The projecting ramped wing walls along the sides of the river are made of red brick and were rebuilt around 1983. Additionally, there is a large cast iron plaque on the northeast parapet that indicates a weight restriction by the County Council, dated 1899, with the number '256'.
Local climate
Aspenden Bridge (Over River Rib) 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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