The Palladian Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1966. A Georgian Bridge.
The Palladian Bridge
- WRENN ID
- salt-belfry-torch
- 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
- Georgian
- Address
- The Palladian Bridge, Stourton with Gasper
- OS grid reference
- ST 774 339
- Coordinates
- 51.10441, -2.32362
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Palladian Bridge is a Grade I listed bridge located in Stourton with Gasper, built in 1762 for Henry Hoare. The design is based on Leoni's The Architecture of Palladio, Book III, published in 1721. Constructed from limestone, the bridge features five segmental arches with rusticated voussoirs and dropped keystones. It has cutwaters on both sides, a plain parapet with a pitched coping, and square end piers. This bridge is an important visual element in the view of the lake from Stourton High Street.
Local climate
The Palladian 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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