Blackfriar's Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.

Blackfriar's Bridge

WRENN ID
solitary-parapet-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Norwich
Constituency
Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1954
Type
Bridge
Address
Blackfriar's Bridge, St George's Street, NR3 1DA
OS grid reference
TG 230 088
Coordinates
52.63185, 1.29485
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blackfriar's Bridge is a bridge built in 1784 by Sir John Soane. It is constructed from Portland stone and features iron balustrades. The bridge has a single span with rusticated voussoirs and is flanked by coved niches. The balustrades include lattice panels and have pedimented sections at each end. On the Ordnance Survey Map, it is referred to as St. George's Bridge.

Local climate

Blackfriar's 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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