Conway Bridge, at Foot of Happy Valley is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1983. Bridge. 3 related planning applications.
Conway Bridge, at Foot of Happy Valley
- WRENN ID
- solitary-finial-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 December 1983
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Conway Bridge, at Foot of Happy Valley, Henley Road, Remenham, RG9 3HT
- OS grid reference
- SU 777 814
- Coordinates
- 51.52643, -0.8808
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Conway Bridge, located at the foot of Happy Valley, is a road bridge built in 1763. It was designed by Thomas Pitt, the first Lord Camelford, with engineering contributions from Reverend Humphrey Gainsborough, who was the brother of the famous painter Thomas Gainsborough. The bridge carries the Henley-Wargrave road and features a single arch made of cyclopian blocks that imitate rockwork, through which the River Thomas can be seen. The rockwork used for the bridge and its approach walls is believed to have come from Reading Abbey. The bridge was constructed for General Conway of Park Place.
Local climate
Conway Bridge, at Foot of Happy Valley 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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