Folly Bridge with Former Toll House is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C19 Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Folly Bridge with Former Toll House
- WRENN ID
- woven-rubble-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Folly Bridge with Former Toll House, OX1 4LB
- OS grid reference
- SP 514 055
- Coordinates
- 51.74638, -1.25633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Folly Bridge, built in 1485, features a former toll house on its northwest corner that was added when the bridge was rebuilt in 1826. The toll house is a two-storey structure with a stucco finish. An iron girder bridge was constructed over the southern stream in 1888. This site has a long history as a river crossing, originally used by the Saxons and later bridged by the Normans in the late 11th century. In 1971, the remains of the Saxon causeway were discovered under St Aldate's Street. The current bridge has a main span with three arches and a single subsidiary span to the south, made of rusticated stone. The medieval bridge was also known as "Friar Bacon's Bridge."
Local climate
Folly Bridge with Former Toll House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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 — 2 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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