Whitchurch Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1995. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Whitchurch Bridge

WRENN ID
lesser-gateway-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 June 1995
Type
Bridge
Address
Whitchurch Bridge, Whitchurch-On-Thames, RG8 7DF
OS grid reference
SU 636 768
Coordinates
51.48688, -1.08516
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Whitchurch Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames, built in 1902 based on designs by Joseph Morris and constructed by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company Ltd. It features a steel lattice-girder design with four spans. The bridge is supported by three piers made of pairs of steel posts with diagonal bracing, which hold up the carriageway that rests on transverse beams and steel jack-arches. The parapets are formed by the lattice girders. The bridge has red brick abutments with stone dressings and terminal piers. The original bridge was a timber structure built in 1792, designed by John Treacher, and was established as a toll bridge, with its original tollhouse still standing. It was rebuilt in wood in 1852 before being replaced by the current steel structure in 1902.

Local climate

Whitchurch 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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