Mythe Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1952. A Victorian Bridge. 3 related planning applications.
Mythe Bridge
- WRENN ID
- drifting-rubblework-jackdaw
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1952
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Mythe Bridge, A438, GL20 6AA
- OS grid reference
- SO 888 337
- Coordinates
- 52.00197, -2.16349
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mythe Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford, was built between 1823 and 1826. The bridge is made of cast iron with stone abutments and features a single segmental arch that spans 52 meters. This arch rests on six ribs that include small X-bracing, which supports the diagonal crossed bracing leading to the spandrels beneath the roadway and balustrade. Each abutment has six tunnel vaults with pointed arches, stone quoins, and attached colonnettes.
The bridge was constructed with main iron castings by William Hazeldine, a notable ironmaster from Shrewsbury. It is depicted on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey map from 1884, which shows toll houses at both ends. While the bridge's form has remained unchanged on historic maps, it underwent an alteration in 1923 when the decking was reinforced with a concrete slab.
Mythe Bridge is listed at Grade II* due to its technological significance as one of the early iron bridges with a 52-meter span and its engineering importance as a notable work by Thomas Telford.
Local climate
Mythe Bridge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 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 EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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