Melford Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1951. Bridge.
Melford Bridge
- WRENN ID
- sacred-chancel-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1951
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Melford Bridge, Castle Street, Thetford, Brettenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 879 829
- Coordinates
- 52.41235, 0.76156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Melford Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thet, dated 1697 and funded by John Wodehouse. It is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings. The bridge features three semi-circular arches on both the upstream and downstream faces, with two arches grouped closely together at the south end. These two arches are faced with ashlar and are flanked by a pilaster that rises from a pointed cutwater. On the upstream side, the pilaster displays a stone plaque featuring the Wodehouse arms and the date 1697. The bridge has a splayed parapet with rounded coping stones, most of which have been replaced.
Local climate
Melford Bridge 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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