Bridge Over Ippollitts Brook in Park 160 Metres to East North East of St Ibbs Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Bridge.
Bridge Over Ippollitts Brook in Park 160 Metres to East North East of St Ibbs Lodge
- WRENN ID
- vast-belfry-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- TL 195 269
- Coordinates
- 51.92784, -0.26238
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This bridge, built around 1801 for Reverend William Lax, is located over Ippollitts Brook in the park, 160 meters to the east-north-east of St. Ibbs Lodge. It is constructed of stuccoed brick, with the north side made of red brick, which is not visible from the park. The bridge features three arches and is designed in a picturesque style, connecting the parkland between St. Ibbs, Reverend Lax's residence, and the church across the valley. It has buttresses and cutwaters flanking the central arch, with parapet walls that rise from circular piers at the ends. The central arch provides a humped trackway, while the side arches are purely decorative. The north side of the bridge functions as a weir to maintain the lake's water level.
Local climate
Bridge Over Ippollitts Brook in Park 160 Metres to East North East of St Ibbs Lodge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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