Cross Keys Bridge (Formerly Including Hydraulic Engine House) is a Grade II* listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1980. A Industrial Bridge.
Cross Keys Bridge (Formerly Including Hydraulic Engine House)
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1980
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Industrial
- Address
- Cross Keys Bridge (Formerly Including Hydraulic Engine House), Sutton Bridge, South Holland
- OS grid reference
- TF 482 210
- Coordinates
- 52.76655, 0.19538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cross Keys Bridge, formerly including the Hydraulic Engine House, is a road and rail hydraulic swing bridge that opened in 1897. It was erected by A. Handyside & Co. Ltd. and is constructed of steel, iron, and wood. The swing span features three parallel bowstring braced girders supported on a pivot pier, while the east end has two fixed spans made of steel plate girders. The bridge is topped with a wooden podium that supports a hexagonal wood and glazed viewing chamber. A plaque on the northwest side notes, "Made and erected by A. Handyside & Co. Ltd. Derby and London 1897. Hydraulic machinery by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd. Steel for girders made by the Staffordshire Steel Co., Bilston." This bridge replaces an earlier timber bridge designed by John Rennie in 1830/1, which had cast iron opening spans, and the second bridge designed by George Stephenson in 1850, which was used for rail traffic when the line from Spalding to Sutton Bridge was extended to King's Lynn in 1866. The bridge is also connected underground to The Engine House, Sutton Bridge.
Local climate
Cross Keys Bridge (Formerly Including Hydraulic Engine House) 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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