Railway Bridge in Haigh Hall Park is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1998. Bridge.
Railway Bridge in Haigh Hall Park
- WRENN ID
- rusted-outpost-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1998
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Railway Bridge in Haigh Hall Park, Hall Lane
- OS grid reference
- SD 590 074
- Coordinates
- 53.56191, -2.61943
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway bridge in Haigh Hall Park was built between 1883 and 1884 by Charles Badlock to span the Whelley Loop Line. It is constructed of pinkish-red brick with ashlar facings on the abutments and ashlar plinths. The bridge features a cast-iron undercarriage and balustrade, with three straight-headed arches supported by 13 girders in the undercarriage. The abutments are adorned with pilasters, a frieze, and moulded modillion cornices, topped with plinths that have a chamfered base, cavetto and roll moulding, and pyramidal caps, interspersed with stretches of balustrade. The balustrade is approximately 30 meters long and includes a round-arched arcade on columns with scalloped bases and chamfered copings. The ends of the balustrade are curved, featuring end plinths, all of which have moulded cornices and blocking courses. This bridge is located within Haigh Hall Park, which was previously listed in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens at grade II but was removed from the Register on September 30, 1999.
Local climate
Railway Bridge in Haigh Hall Park sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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