Bridge Over River Great Ouse to North of Thornborough is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1983. Bridge.

Bridge Over River Great Ouse to North of Thornborough

WRENN ID
tall-step-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1983
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Over River Great Ouse to North of Thornborough, Thornton
OS grid reference
SP 738 354
Coordinates
52.01297, -0.92549
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This bridge, located to the north of Thornborough, dates from the 18th century and features a brick re-casing of an older rubble stone structure. It is built in English bond and has four pointed arches. The bridge has a very low parapet that includes later posts and railings. On the west side, there are two cut-waters and offset brickwork on the two right-hand arches. The east side also displays offset brickwork and stepped corbels beneath the parapet.

Local climate

Bridge Over River Great Ouse to North of Thornborough sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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