Ickford Bridge Together with Whirlpool Arch Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Bridge.
Ickford Bridge Together with Whirlpool Arch Bridge
- WRENN ID
- unlit-spindle-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Ickford Bridge Together with Whirlpool Arch Bridge, Bridge Road, Buckinghamshire
- OS grid reference
- SP 648 064
- Coordinates
- 51.75323, -1.06152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ickford Bridge, along with Whirlpool Arch Bridge, is a river bridge located partly in Buckinghamshire and partly in South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire. It dates back to the medieval period, with alterations made in 1685, as well as changes in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Whirlpool Arch, which is part of the structure, was added around 1800. The bridge is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar arches and dressings. It features three arches with a causewayed southern approach. The north arch is depressed, while the central arch is 4-centred. There are wide cut waters with parapet refuges between the northern two arches, and a buttress on a plinth with weathered coping situated between the central and south arches. The parapet copings are chamfered. On the south side, in the eastern refuge, there is a stone inscribed with "Here Begineth the County of Bucks 1685" and "1685 Here ends the County of Oxon." At the north end of the causeway on the Buckinghamshire side, there is the Whirlpool Arch bridge, which features a segmental arch made of ashlar with rubblestone parapets and chamfered ashlar copings.
Local climate
Ickford Bridge Together with Whirlpool Arch Bridge 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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