Buscot Park: Bridge Over the Lake, Approximately 50 Metres South of Basque House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1990. Ornamental bridge. 1 related planning application.
Buscot Park: Bridge Over the Lake, Approximately 50 Metres South of Basque House
- WRENN ID
- hushed-bronze-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1990
- Type
- Ornamental bridge
- Address
- Buscot Park: Bridge Over the Lake, Approximately 50 Metres South of Basque House, SN7 8BU
- OS grid reference
- SU 251 969
- Coordinates
- 51.67062, -1.63765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Buscot Park bridge over the lake, located approximately 50 meters south of Basque House, is an ornamental bridge built around 1890. It was designed as part of the park's remodelling by Harold Peto. The bridge features squared rubble stone and finely jointed ashlar on the west face, while the east side has rubble stone and ashlar with brick above road level. It has three semi-circular arches, with the center arch being taller than the side arches. Each arch includes squared abaci, and there is a squared string course above to indicate road level. The faces of the bridge curve towards the corners and are topped with a coped parapet. This bridge serves as an eyecatcher, visible from the northeast terrace of Buscot House.
Local climate
Buscot Park: Bridge Over the Lake, Approximately 50 Metres South of Basque House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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