Bridge Over River Beane is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Bridge.
Bridge Over River Beane
- WRENN ID
- kindled-timber-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge Over River Beane, Walkern Road, Watton-At-Stone
- OS grid reference
- TL 297 197
- Coordinates
- 51.86141, -0.11757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bridge over the River Beane is a road bridge built around 1830. It is constructed using Caleb Hitch's patented brick, with some later repairs in stock brick, and features stone dressings. The bridge has a triple segmental arch design, with the central arch being larger than the outer ones. There are stone capped cutwaters on both sides, and the outer arches are slightly splayed towards the banks. The parapets include pilaster strips at the angles of the splayed sections, and the end piers are topped with moulded stone caps. The bridge has curved abutment walls at both ends and bands along the parapets, although the eastern band has been largely rebuilt. The parapets are capped with segmental brick coping. The patented Hitch bricks, introduced in 1828, measure 1 foot long, 6 inches wide, and 6 inches deep, featuring interlocking flanges and resembling rat-trap bond.
Local climate
Bridge Over River Beane 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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