Image Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1978. Bridge.
Image Bridge
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1978
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Image Bridge, Wilton
- OS grid reference
- SU 105 310
- Coordinates
- 51.07878, -1.8506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Image Bridge, built in 1822, spans the River Wylye and was designed by architect Sir Richard Westmacott, with construction by a builder named Fisher. The bridge features a stone-faced structure, with ashlar stonework below and a vermiculated parapet along with side piers. It is particularly notable for two large marble statues, likely created by Sir Richard, which are positioned on a ledge that is backed by the parapet, which is lower than the statues. These statues are believed to represent Ceres on the left and Bacchus on the right. The bridge consists of three segmental arches, with the central arch being taller and wider than the others. It has pointed breakwaters and side piers that include slits with rustic voussoirs. There is a projecting band below the parapet, and pedestals for the statues flank the central arch. The east side of the bridge is finished in plain ashlar.
Local climate
Image Bridge receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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