Chewton Pack Horse Bridge at St 654 664 to East of Chewton Keynsham is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1950. Bridge.

Chewton Pack Horse Bridge at St 654 664 to East of Chewton Keynsham

WRENN ID
calm-trefoil-hawthorn
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
27 February 1950
Type
Bridge
Address
Chewton Pack Horse Bridge at St 654 664 to East of Chewton Keynsham, Chewton Road
OS grid reference
ST 654 664
Coordinates
51.39591, -2.49778
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Chewton Pack Horse Bridge is a packhorse bridge that spans the River Chew, located to the east of Chewton Keynsham. It dates from the early 18th century and is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar copings. The bridge features an inclined roadway leading up to it, with two segmental arches that are almost pointed. There are central diagonally set buttress-cutwaters with stepped masonry. A portion of the bridge is also situated in the parish of Compton Dando. It is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Chewton Pack Horse Bridge at St 654 664 to East of Chewton Keynsham 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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