Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Knowsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. Railway bridge. 1 related planning application.
Railway Bridge
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Knowsley
- Constituency
- Liverpool West Derby MP: Ian Byrne (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1987
- Type
- Railway bridge
- Address
- Railway Bridge, Pilch Lane East, L36 4HY
- OS grid reference
- SJ 424 906
- Coordinates
- 53.40993, -2.86682
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway bridge dates from 1828-30 and was constructed for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, under the direction of G Stephenson. It is built of dressed stone with ashlar dressings. The main feature is a round arch with a band and parapet, flanked by forward abutments. There is a segmental-arched extension to the south side.
Local climate
Railway Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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