Bridge approximately 500 metres west of Sandford Park is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. Bridge.
Bridge approximately 500 metres west of Sandford Park
- WRENN ID
- brooding-vault-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge approximately 500 metres west of Sandford Park, OX7 7AH
- OS grid reference
- SP 414 268
- Coordinates
- 51.93841, -1.39779
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a bridge located approximately 500 metres west of Sandford Park, built in the early to mid 18th century. The west face is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with marlstone ashlar dressings, while the east face features marlstone with limestone ashlar dressings. The bridge is designed in a Baroque style.
It has a row of seven graduated semi-circular arches, which are adorned with ashlar voussoirs and double-stepped radiating keyblocks. The principal keyblocks are connected to a stepped ashlar band. The wide central span includes four subsidiary keyblocks, while the other arches have two each. The east face of the bridge is partly in ruins. There is no parapet, and the turf roadway rises towards the centre of the bridge, which spans approximately 70 metres across the largest lake in Sandford Park.
Sandford Park itself is listed in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission County Register of Gardens at Grade II.
Local climate
Bridge approximately 500 metres west of Sandford Park receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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