Bourton Bridge (MLN17215) is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 2012. Bridge.
Bourton Bridge (MLN17215)
- WRENN ID
- salt-corner-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 2012
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bourton Bridge (MLN17215), Cleyfields Lane, Between Bourton and the A420, Oxfordshire
- OS grid reference
- SU 227 875
- Coordinates
- 51.58612, -1.67273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bourton Bridge is a Grade II listed triple-span overbridge, featuring semi-elliptical arches and a sweeping hump-back profile. It dates from the 19th century and is constructed with some original red brick in the arch rings and lower piers, while the elevations and parapets have been refaced in red engineering brick with purple engineering brick detailing, arranged in English bond.
The central arch spans 30 feet (9 meters), while the side arches are lower, each spanning 20 feet (6 meters). Each pier has a single transverse arch. A plain purple engineering brick string course, originally moulded, runs along the bridge. The parapets end in piers that project on the outer face only, at the ends of the raked and curved wing walls. The inner face of the parapets features low chamfered plinths. The coping is made of bull-nosed purple engineering brick, except for the terminating piers, which are finished with quarry-faced stone blocks.
The bridge is set in a rural landscape but is visible from the nearby Bourton Church Bridge, which is half a mile up the line towards Didcot.
Local climate
Bourton Bridge (MLN17215) receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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