Kew Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1998. Road bridge. 5 related planning applications.

Kew Bridge

WRENN ID
kindled-parapet-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Constituency
Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 February 1998
Type
Road bridge
Address
Kew Bridge, Hounslow, W4 3NG
OS grid reference
TQ 190 778
Coordinates
51.4874, -0.28745
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kew Bridge is a road bridge built in 1903 by Sir John Wolfe Barry and Cuthbert Breveton. It features three elliptical arches spanning the River Thames, with a series of smaller arches supporting the long approaches. The bridge is constructed of granite, showcasing rustic voussoirs and a bracketed cornice beneath the parapet. Notably, it includes cartouches displaying the coats of arms of Surrey and Middlesex in the spandrels on either side of the central arch. This structure replaced a stone arched bridge built between 1784 and 1789 by James Paine, which itself succeeded a seven-arched bridge constructed from 1758 to 1759 by John Barnard. Part of the bridge is located in the London Borough of Richmond.

Local climate

Kew Bridge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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