Bourton Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1960. A Georgian Bridge.

Bourton Bridge

WRENN ID
dim-beam-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1960
Type
Bridge
Period
Georgian
Address
Bourton Bridge, Fosseway, Bourton-On-The-Water
OS grid reference
SP 160 209
Coordinates
51.88695, -1.76841
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bourton Bridge is a bridge located on the boundary of the parishes of Cold Aston, Bourton-on-the-Water, and Lower Slaughter. It was built in 1806 and widened in 1959. The bridge is constructed of ashlar stone and features a parapet with roll-moulded capping that rises to a gentle point at the center of the span, terminating in octagonal piers with bell-shaped cappings. It has three slightly pointed arches that span the River Windrush within a 'Tudor'-arched recess, along with weathered breakwaters. The east side of the bridge, which faces Bourton, retains the original masonry, while the west side was altered to create a wider carriageway in 1959. A stone plaque by T.S. Chant on the east side below the bridge parapet commemorates the widening. This bridge is historically significant, having been an important crossing point first bridged by the Romans and featuring a stone structure since 1483.

Local climate

Bourton Bridge receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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