Wharf Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1954. Bridge.
Wharf Bridge
- WRENN ID
- gilded-arch-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1954
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Wharf Bridge, Devizes
- OS grid reference
- SU 005 618
- Coordinates
- 51.35539, -1.99419
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wharf Bridge is a 20th-century structure that is one of four bridges over the canal, all sharing the same design. It features a large stilted arch made of stone, with radiating chamfered voussoirs and a central keystone. The chamfered joints are carried horizontally through the archway. At road level, there is a projecting string and a solid stone parapet with weathered coping. The design is utilitarian for its time and lacks pretension in architectural quality; however, it is well built and showcases an effective, simple treatment of stonework.
Local climate
Wharf Bridge receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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