North Bridge Across Eltham Palace Moat is a Grade I listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1973. A Medieval Bridge.

North Bridge Across Eltham Palace Moat

WRENN ID
mired-wall-summer
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Eltham and Chislehurst MP: Clive Efford (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1973
Type
Bridge
Period
Medieval
Address
North Bridge Across Eltham Palace Moat, Court Yard Se9
OS grid reference
TQ 424 740
Coordinates
51.44752, 0.0487
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The North Bridge across Eltham Palace Moat is a late 15th-century bridge featuring four 4-centred arches with stone-faced sides. It has double stone ribs that are hollow-chamfered to brick archivolts. The bridge includes pointed cutwaters with chamfered tops and a drip mould located about one foot above the points of the arches. Additionally, there is a red brick parapet topped with roll-moulded stone coping.

Local climate

North Bridge Across Eltham Palace Moat sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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  2. Eltham Court (Eltham Palace) Grade II* 40 m
  3. Old Brick Wall Between Gardens in Front of Numbers 34 and 36 and Along Road Frontage of These Houses Grade II* 45 m
  4. 34, 36 and 38, Court Yard SE9 Grade II* 58 m
  5. Walls Surrounding Garden of the Gate House Grade II* 64 m
  6. 32 and 32a, Court Yard SE9 Grade II* 66 m
  7. Great Hall of Eltham Palace Grade I 80 m
  8. Walls to North of Front Garden of Bramber House and Along Road Front Grade II* 91 m
  9. Wall Along Frontage of Numbers 32 and 32a, and Along North Boundary of Garden from Front to Rear Grade II* 95 m
  10. Remains of South Bridge Across Eltham Palace Moat Grade I 124 m