Bridge Over the River Ouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. Bridge.
Bridge Over the River Ouse
- WRENN ID
- pale-gateway-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1985
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge Over the River Ouse, Cliffe High Street, Lewes, BN7 2AH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 419 102
- Coordinates
- 50.87412, 0.01604
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bridge over the River Ouse, located in Cliffe, was built between 1726 and 1727 by Nicholas Dubois and was reconstructed in 1932. It is made of red brick with raised stone dressings around the arch, which is a single arch design. A stone plinth supports an early to mid-20th century cast-iron balustrade with outflying standards. The keystone on the north side of the arch is inscribed with "PEVENSEY RAPES R N. DUBOIS. SUV A. MORRIS MASON 1727," although this inscription is now not visible. Early prints of the bridge show it originally had a solid brick balustrade and stone piers. Additionally, a footway was added to the north side of the bridge in 1882.
Local climate
Bridge Over the River Ouse receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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