Bridge Over the River Brett is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. Bridge.

Bridge Over the River Brett

WRENN ID
tangled-sill-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1958
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Over the River Brett, Hall Road, Chelsworth
OS grid reference
TL 982 479
Coordinates
52.09466, 0.89267
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the River Brett consists of two hump-backed narrow bridges. The northern bridge features three semi-circular arches and is likely the older of the two. The southern bridge has two semi-circular arches and includes a date panel indicating it was built in 1754. This structure is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Bridge Over the River Brett 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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