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

Kew Railway Bridge

WRENN ID
hushed-baluster-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Constituency
Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 February 1998
Type
Railway bridge
Address
Kew Railway Bridge, Hounslow
OS grid reference
TQ 196 775
Coordinates
51.48441, -0.27892
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Kew Railway Bridge is a railway bridge designed by W R Galbraith in 1864 and opened in 1869. It features a lattice girder structure supported by four pairs of iron piers arranged in three stages. Each pier has a round base that carries a drum with four engaged columns. Above track level, there is a tabernacle topped with an arched roof, supported by paired columns that frame an elaborate cast iron screen. The shore ends of the bridge are constructed of red brick with stone dressings, featuring arched entrances adorned with stone bands and pilasters. Part of the bridge is located in the London Borough of Richmond.

Local climate

Kew Railway 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. The Bulls Head Public House Grade II 44 m
  2. Eight Lamposts on the Embankment Grade II 60 m
  3. Kew Railway Bridge Grade II 81 m
  4. 28 and 29, Strand on the Green W4 Grade II 84 m
  5. 3, Strand on the Green W4 Grade II 103 m
  6. 2, Strand on the Green W4 Grade II 117 m
  7. Strand on the Green House Grade II 120 m
  8. Wistaria House Grade II 178 m
  9. Picton House Railings to Picton House Grade II 186 m
  10. 46 and 47, Strand on the Green W4 Grade II 197 m