Road Bridge at Ngr St 2815 2249 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1986. Road bridge.

Road Bridge at Ngr St 2815 2249

WRENN ID
pale-parapet-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1986
Type
Road bridge
Address
Road Bridge at Ngr St 2815 2249, Thornfalcon
OS grid reference
ST 281 224
Coordinates
50.99731, -3.02542
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The road bridge over the railway, built around 1866, is constructed from snecked, squared, irregularly coursed local sandstone. It features rusticated voussoirs and chamfered sandstone coping. The bridge has a single span segmental arch, which is set at a dramatic raking angle because the west bank is significantly lower than the east bank. The coping at the western end was slightly damaged and overgrown with ivy during a survey in December 1984, but the bridge is otherwise in good condition. It spans the now dismantled Taunton to Chard branch line, which was opened in 1866 and closed in 1962. This bridge is a striking feature in the landscape and holds historical significance as the best surviving bridge on the Taunton-Chard line.

Local climate

Road Bridge at Ngr St 2815 2249 receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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