Rockwork Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1966. A 18th century Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Rockwork Bridge
- WRENN ID
- buried-rotunda-yarrow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 January 1966
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- 18th century
- Address
- Rockwork Bridge, Stourton with Gasper, BA12 6QB
- OS grid reference
- ST 772 338
- Coordinates
- 51.10338, -2.32607
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rockwork Bridge is a Grade I listed rustic bridge located in Stourton with Gasper, part of the Stourhead Gardens. It was constructed between 1762 and 1765 to carry a track from the lake to the Temple of Apollo over the Zeals Road. The bridge is made of rustic limestone and features a segmental arch, rough niches, and revetment walls. The track leading over the bridge is approached by steps that are lined with rockwork, which includes several platforms with niches and 'windows'. A small rockwork bridge frames the path as it crosses the main bridge. The Hermitage, built in 1771 and dismantled in 1814, was part of the picturesque approach to the rockwork bridge.
Local climate
Rockwork Bridge receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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