Lake Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Bridge.
Lake Bridge
- WRENN ID
- carved-plaster-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Lake Bridge, Castle Hill, Capel
- OS grid reference
- TQ 598 449
- Coordinates
- 51.18176, 0.2862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lake Bridge is a bridge that carries the drive to Somerhill over the head of the landscaped lake. It was probably built in the late 19th century. The lower part of the bridge, which consists of the actual arches, is made of red brick, while the upper part is constructed from local sandstone ashlar laid to courses. The bridge has three spans with small round-headed arches and low stone cutwaters. The sides of the bridge rise to parapet walls with rounded coping, and at each end, the parapet walls curve out to square terminal piers. This bridge, along with most of the buildings in Somerhill Park and many on the estate, was built to a superior standard by the Goldsmid family.
Local climate
Lake Bridge receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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