Bridge Over Footpath Between Fersfield and Prior Park Farm Woods is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Bridge.

Bridge Over Footpath Between Fersfield and Prior Park Farm Woods

WRENN ID
ghost-flue-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1975
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Over Footpath Between Fersfield and Prior Park Farm Woods, Pope's Walk
OS grid reference
ST 758 631
Coordinates
51.36664, -2.34883
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a mid-18th century footbridge located over a footpath between Fersfield and Prior Park Farm Woods. The bridge is constructed from rubble, with some tufa and cut stone used for the vaulting. It features a single span arch supported by vertical abutments, creating a tunnel-like structure that crosses a sunken footpath. The bridge is partially built on a natural rock outcrop. The opening is approximately 2.25 meters wide, rising to about 2.5 meters at the upper end of the path and approximately 3 meters at the lower end, with the tunnel measuring around 4.5 meters in length. The facades are made of rubble, with rough tufa voussoirs and some tufa used for the rough parapets. The walls and arch are constructed from carefully cut and coursed horizontal stone. At the southern or higher end, the bridge is enclosed by boundary walls to the sunken path, while at the lower end, it has short return walls that are approximately 6 meters apart.

Local climate

Bridge Over Footpath Between Fersfield and Prior Park Farm Woods 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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