Town Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. Bridge.
Town Bridge
- WRENN ID
- pitched-iron-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Town Bridge, High Street, Gillingham
- OS grid reference
- ST 807 265
- Coordinates
- 51.03762, -2.27555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Town Bridge is a road bridge over Shreen Water, dated 'County Bridge 1800'. It is constructed of ashlar and features two semi-circular arches with keystones. There is a cut-water on the north side and a plain parapet. The bridge is also noted as the subject of a painting by John Constable.
Local climate
Town Bridge receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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