Bridge and Lock, Immediately South West of Baylham Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1986. Bridge, lock. 3 related planning applications.
Bridge and Lock, Immediately South West of Baylham Mill
- WRENN ID
- errant-stronghold-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1986
- Type
- Bridge, lock
- Address
- Bridge and Lock, Immediately South West of Baylham Mill, Mill Lane, IP14 8LG
- OS grid reference
- TM 112 527
- Coordinates
- 52.13229, 1.0853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bridge and lock, located immediately south-west of Baylham Mill, date to around 1780 and have undergone repairs in 19th-century gault brick. The bridge features a humped design made of red brick, with a semi-circular arch spanning the River Gipping and a smaller arch to the left. It has parapets that are 1 metre high, topped with moulded and painted stone and concrete cappings. Upstream of the bridge is a contemporary lock, also constructed of red and gault brick. The wooden gates, with the upper gates dating to the 20th century and the lower gates to the 19th century, are mostly intact but in a state of ruin. This structure is believed to be the best surviving example of a lock from the Ipswich and Stowmarket Navigation.
Local climate
Bridge and Lock, Immediately South West of Baylham Mill sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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