Southwark Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1995. Bridge. 5 related planning applications.
Southwark Bridge
- WRENN ID
- sunken-rampart-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1995
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Southwark Bridge, City and County of the City of London, EC4R 1BE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 323 806
- Coordinates
- 51.5093, -0.09383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Southwark Bridge is a road and footbridge built between 1913 and 1921, designed by Basil Mott of Mott, Hay and Anderson, with the piers and turrets designed by Sir Ernest George RA. The bridge features five steel arches supported by rusticated granite piers. It has two spans measuring 123 feet and 131 feet on each side, with a central span of 141 feet. The spacing of the arches was arranged to align with the piers of Blackfriars Road Bridge and Rennie's London Bridge. The classical design of the piers reflects a typical Edwardian exuberance and was completed before the outbreak of World War I. Work on the bridge continued with delays due to material shortages until 1917. After the war, the increasing traffic congestion in the City made completing the bridge a high priority, and it became one of the first major public works projects resumed after the Armistice. Southwark Bridge was officially opened by King George V in 1921, with the total cost covered by the Bridge House Estates Committee.
Local climate
Southwark Bridge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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