Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Burnley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1997. Bridge.
Railway Bridge
- WRENN ID
- moated-finial-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Burnley
- Constituency
- Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1997
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Railway Bridge, Clifton Street
- OS grid reference
- SD 835 328
- Coordinates
- 53.79198, -2.25184
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway bridge, built between 1847 and 1848 for the East Lancashire Railway Company, spans a public road and is located approximately 100 meters west of the British Railways Viaduct. Constructed from coursed rock-faced sandstone with freestone dressings, the bridge features a wide segmental-headed arch that is slightly skewed. This arch is adorned with stepped rusticated voussoirs and imposts that are carried through, flanked by broad piers. Additional architectural details include a plain frieze, a chamfered cornice, a coped parapet, and sloped concave abutments. The bridge is part of a group with the nearby viaduct on Ashfield Road.
Local climate
Railway Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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