Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Knowsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. Bridge. 4 related planning applications.
Railway Bridge
- WRENN ID
- former-lancet-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Knowsley
- Constituency
- Knowsley MP: Anneliese Midgley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Railway Bridge, Archway Road, L36 9XF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 438 906
- Coordinates
- 53.40966, -2.84636
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway bridge, built between 1828 and 1830, was designed for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway by engineer George Stephenson. It is constructed of stone and features a segmental arch made with rusticated voussoirs. The bridge is topped with a modillioned cornice and has a parapet, with flanking abutments on either side.
Local climate
Railway Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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
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