Sparkford Bridge at Ngr St 6111 2607 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1986. Road bridge.
Sparkford Bridge at Ngr St 6111 2607
- WRENN ID
- ghost-rampart-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1986
- Type
- Road bridge
- Address
- Sparkford Bridge at Ngr St 6111 2607, A303
- OS grid reference
- ST 611 260
- Coordinates
- 51.03273, -2.55587
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sparkford Bridge is a road bridge over the River Cam, built in the 18th century and widened in 1815. It is constructed from local grey lias and Ham stone. The bridge features a single segmental arch with double voussoirs, a band course at road level, and plain, slightly pitched parapets with chamfered copings. It is located at the junction of turnpike roads that are administered by the Wincanton and Ilminster Trusts.
Local climate
Sparkford Bridge at Ngr St 6111 2607 receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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