Garden Bridge West of Oakwood and Bathwick Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1985. Garden bridge.
Garden Bridge West of Oakwood and Bathwick Tower
- WRENN ID
- lone-rotunda-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1985
- Type
- Garden bridge
- Address
- Garden Bridge West of Oakwood and Bathwick Tower, Bathwick Hill
- OS grid reference
- ST 767 643
- Coordinates
- 51.37752, -2.33614
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Garden Bridge west of Oakwood and Bathwick Tower is an early 19th-century garden bridge designed in the Italianate style. It spans a small ravine and features a cascade that connects two ponds within the landscaped garden of the villa known as Oakwood and Bathwick Tower. The bridge has a single span constructed from limestone ashlar, with pierced parapets and abutments that match the terrace located immediately south and west of the villa, as well as the balcony on the west elevation of the villa.
The bridge was likely built around 1833-1835 as part of enhancements to the villa and garden by the architect Edward Davis, who was a pupil of John Soane.
This garden bridge is significant for several reasons: it is a fine example of early 19th-century Italianate garden architecture, it is part of an important group of early 19th-century garden features linked to the Italianate villa Oakwood and Bathwick Tower, and it adds considerable interest to both the villa and its landscaped garden.
Local climate
Garden Bridge West of Oakwood and Bathwick Tower receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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