Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1994. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.

Vauxhall Bridge

WRENN ID
silent-spandrel-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Constituency
Bristol South MP: Karin Smyth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 December 1994
Type
Bridge
Address
Vauxhall Bridge, Cumberland Road, City of Bristol
OS grid reference
ST 575 720
Coordinates
51.4462, -2.61177
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Vauxhall Bridge is a swing bridge that crosses the River Avon, built in 1900. The superstructure was constructed by Lysaght's, and the hydraulic gear was supplied by Armstrong Whitworth. The bridge is made of pennant rubble and steel. It features a square pier on the south bank of the New Cut, with cutwaters that are separated by an arch at the bottom. This supports a round drum and lattice swing bridge that tapers towards the north bank, where it is supported by a smaller pier that includes a steel staircase leading to Cumberland Road. The south bank has a battered abutment with coped walls that open onto Coronation Road. The bridge has not been opened since 1936.

Local climate

Vauxhall Bridge receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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