Somerset Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1960. A Medieval Bridge.
Somerset Bridge
- WRENN ID
- leaning-pediment-elder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1960
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Somerset Bridge, Shackleford Road, Peper Harow
- OS grid reference
- SU 921 439
- Coordinates
- 51.18713, -0.68243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Somerset Bridge is a bridge dating from the 13th century, with extensions and alterations from the 18th and 20th centuries. It was probably built by the Monks of Waverley Abbey. The bridge features local sandstone rubble for the central arch, with slabs forming the voussoirs, and sandstone ashlar for the outer arches. The parapets are made of brick and stand approximately 3½ feet high. The right-hand abutment has been widened and includes a brick-lined arch with a shallow concrete channel. The upstream cutwaters are "keeled," meaning they are pointed at both ends with chamfered tops, and have pyramidal tops on the downstream side. This bridge is part of a series built by the Monks between Farnham and Guildford and has significant historical associations. It is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, listed as Surrey Antiquity No. 30.
Local climate
Somerset Bridge receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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