Railway Bridge Over Drive Between Avenham Park and Miller Park is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. Railway bridge.
Railway Bridge Over Drive Between Avenham Park and Miller Park
- WRENN ID
- blind-steeple-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Railway bridge
- OS grid reference
- SD 537 287
- Coordinates
- 53.75307, -2.70333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway bridge over the drive between Avenham Park and Miller Park was built around 1846 for the Blackburn and Preston Railway Company, with Sturges Meek as the resident engineer. Constructed from sandstone ashlar, the bridge features a single span that is slightly skewed and is designed in a classical style. It has a semi-elliptical arch made of rusticated rock-faced voussoirs, with rusticated terminal pilasters and a plain band. The balustraded parapet includes a shield at its center, and the soffit is made of winding rusticated masonry, supported by curved rock-faced abutments. Historically, this bridge carried the former East Lancashire Railway line over the drive between the parks. It was an essential part of the landscaping requirements set by the railway company as Preston Corporation began developing Avenham Park in the mid-1840s.
Local climate
Railway Bridge Over Drive Between Avenham Park and Miller Park sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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