The Palladian Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. A C18 Bridge.
The Palladian Bridge
- WRENN ID
- muted-sill-dust
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- The Palladian Bridge, Stowe
- OS grid reference
- SP 680 371
- Coordinates
- 52.02898, -1.01019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Palladian Bridge is a covered bridge built in 1738, just one year after a similar bridge at Wilton House in Wiltshire, which it closely resembles. Originally, the east side featured a solid wall adorned with sculpture, but this was removed in 1762 and replaced with columns. The bridge is constructed of rusticated ashlar stone and has three arches with carved keyblocks. It features a five-bay Ionic colonnade, which is flanked by pavilions with pediments and attached columns that frame semi-circular headed arches, also with scroll keyblocks on the sides. Carved heads are present at the ends of the bridge, and there is a balustraded parapet. Inside, the bridge has a coffered ceiling complemented by the colonnade.
Local climate
The Palladian Bridge 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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