River Chew Bridge (MNL111354) is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 2012. Bridge.
River Chew Bridge (MNL111354)
- WRENN ID
- lost-outpost-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 2012
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- River Chew Bridge (MNL111354), Keynsham
- OS grid reference
- ST 657 688
- Coordinates
- 51.41749, -2.49426
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The River Chew Bridge is a Grade II listed structure made of pennant stone, featuring squared and coursed stone on the faces and soffit, with ashlar used for the voussoirs, quoins, string course, and copings, all finished with raised tooling and a plain margin.
Both sides of the bridge are identical, showcasing a 30-foot (9-meter) semi-circular arch with chamfered voussoirs that extend down the abutments to the ground, reaching 31 feet from the water level to the crown of the soffit. The arch is flanked by broad single-stage buttresses that are finished with offsets. Beyond these buttresses, the elevations continue as straight wing walls that run parallel to the trackbed. A string course, moulded with an arris, runs the full width of each wing wall and merges with the top of the buttress offsets. Above this is a parapet, with the wing walls and parapets terminating in square piers. The piers and parapet are connected by coping that is cut on the external face to a bold arris.
Post-war, galvanised steel railings with a round section have been mounted above the coping on both sides, which are not considered of interest.
Local climate
River Chew Bridge (MNL111354) receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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