Tun Bridge Over River Chew is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. A C15 Bridge.
Tun Bridge Over River Chew
- WRENN ID
- ancient-moat-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Tun Bridge Over River Chew, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna
- OS grid reference
- ST 576 629
- Coordinates
- 51.36372, -2.60902
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tun Bridge over the River Chew is a bridge that likely dates from the late 15th century and features restored parapets and copings. It is constructed of sandstone rubble, freestone, and limestone. The bridge spans approximately 20 metres and has a roadway that is about 4 metres wide. The parapet wall is topped with limestone coping and stands about one metre high. The structure includes three pointed arches and has two cutwaters with offsets on the west side, while the east side has one cutwater that rises to the level of the parapet and features a shallow basin at the top.
Local climate
Tun Bridge Over River Chew 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 68% 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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