Swiss Bridge, Approximately 890 Metres South South West of Blenheim Palace is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Bridge.

Swiss Bridge, Approximately 890 Metres South South West of Blenheim Palace

WRENN ID
frozen-wattle-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1988
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SP 437 151
Coordinates
51.83356, -1.3667
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Swiss Bridge is a bridge built around 1820 for the Fifth Duke of Marlborough. It is made of wrought iron and features a trellised balustrade supported by slender arch-braced piers. The bridge is located beneath Capability Brown's Grand Cascade, as the Fifth Duke created a botanical garden around the Cascade. Blenheim Park, where the bridge is situated, is included in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade II.

Local climate

Swiss Bridge, Approximately 890 Metres South South West of Blenheim Palace receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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