Western Bridge Over the River Deben is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1988. A C19 Bridge.
Western Bridge Over the River Deben
- WRENN ID
- vacant-trefoil-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1988
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Western Bridge Over the River Deben, Lower Street, Ufford
- OS grid reference
- TM 300 519
- Coordinates
- 52.1176, 1.35862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Western Bridge over the River Deben is an early 19th-century road bridge, one of a pair of identical bridges. It is constructed of English bond brick with ashlar coping. On the downriver side, there is a central basket arch made of brick voussoirs, flanked by retaining walls that curve forward. The top of the parapet features ashlar coping that is flush with the walling and has fluted tool marks along the edges. There are some minor areas of patching on the road side of the parapet. The upriver side is similar in design. This bridge is paired with the Eastern Bridge over the River Deben.
Local climate
Western Bridge Over the River Deben sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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