Terracotta Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. Bridge.

Terracotta Bridge

WRENN ID
blind-panel-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Type
Bridge
Address
Terracotta Bridge, Castle Ashby Park
OS grid reference
SP 866 588
Coordinates
52.22079, -0.73365
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Terracotta Bridge is a bridge built around 1765 and remodeled around 1868. It is faced with brick and limestone ashlar, featuring terracotta details. The bridge has a low profile with three arches that rise gently to the center, and the parapets curve outward. The arches are elliptical, with the central arch being larger and featuring a terracotta keyblock. The balustraded parapets consist of four sections divided by panelled piers, all made of terracotta. The bridge is situated between Park and Warren Ponds. Castle Ashby park and gardens, where the bridge is located, are listed in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens for Northamptonshire at Grade I.

Local climate

Terracotta Bridge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% 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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