Palladian Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1951. A C18 Bridge.
Palladian Bridge
- WRENN ID
- kindled-bronze-fen
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1951
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Palladian Bridge, Wilton
- OS grid reference
- SU 099 308
- Coordinates
- 51.07692, -1.85898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Palladian Bridge at Wilton Park was built between 1736 and 1737, completed by Roger Morris, who served as the clerk of works. The design was inspired by a rejected proposal by Palladio for the Rialto Bridge in Venice and was adapted and supervised by Henry, the 9th Earl of Pembroke. This covered bridge features a five-bay Ionic colonnade on a balustraded parapet, with end pavilions that have pedimented breaks on each face and arched openings. It includes a pulvinated frieze and a modillion cornice. Access to the bridge is provided by balustraded stairs leading to balustraded platforms on each side. Inside, there are arches leading into the end pavilions adorned with scroll keys, an enriched cornice, and lozenge pattern ceiling divisions. The bridge is supported by a central arch and two flanking arches set in a rusticated basement, with two additional arches to carry the stairs. One of the keystones of the arches is marked "J C 1737".
Local climate
Palladian 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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