Swing Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. Bridge.
Swing Bridge
- WRENN ID
- stony-mantel-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1999
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Swing Bridge, South Yard, City of Plymouth
- OS grid reference
- SX 448 542
- Coordinates
- 50.36751, -4.18337
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swing Bridge, dated 1838, is located in South Yard at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth. This bridge is constructed of cast iron and granite, featuring two equal halves supported by four cross-braced ribs, which create a segmental arch. The timber walkway spans the bridge, and the outer ribs display a dated key with "HORSLEY IRONWORKS/NEAR BIRMINGHAM" cast on the sides. Each side of the bridge has abutments with banded rustication that support the structure on bearings, which include a cogged wheel that is manually turned by handles. The design is very similar to a swing bridge built around 1835 in the Royal William Victualling Yard. This bridge is part of a notable group of 18th and 19th-century naval dock buildings.
Local climate
Swing Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- 1 Swing Bridge, Royal William Victualling Yard
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- 3 Roving Bridge (Number 110) Over Entrance to Grand Union (Birmingham and Warwick Junction) Canal at Salford Junction
- 4 Wednesfield Road High Level Railway Bridge
- 5 Bridge Across River 90 M N of Avington House
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- Rose Cottage
- Retaining Wall to East Side of Ramp Leading to Officers Terrace
- Main Dock Pumphouse (S 87 and 89)
- No 2 Dock, including bollards and capstans
- Former Garden Wall Piers and Steps to Officers Terrace