Hertsfield Bridges is a Grade II* listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 July 1952. Bridge.

Hertsfield Bridges

WRENN ID
kindled-frieze-sienna
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 July 1952
Type
Bridge
Address
Hertsfield Bridges, Chart Hill Road, Chart Sutton
OS grid reference
TQ 782 467
Coordinates
51.19228, 0.54958
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Herstfield Bridges is a bridge located over several streams of the River Beult, partly in the Staplehurst civil parish. It is likely from the 14th or 15th century, with later alterations. The bridge is constructed of ragstone, featuring a low parapet that has been rebuilt in buff brick with engineering brick coping. It has six low arches, with two pairs towards the center and a single arch at each end. The arches have triangular heads, with chamfered jambs and heads on the east side and chamfered heads on the west side. The soffits are ashlar, and there are no cutwaters. The road is about 10 feet wide, and the bridge is approximately 300 feet long. The coping is topped with wooden posts and iron rails, and there is a broad refuge between the two central pairs of arches.

Local climate

Hertsfield Bridges receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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