Friar Gate Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Derby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1974. Bridge. 5 related planning applications.
Friar Gate Railway Bridge
- WRENN ID
- salt-panel-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derby
- Constituency
- Derby North MP: Catherine Atkinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1974
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Friar Gate Railway Bridge, City of Derby, DE1 1DA
- OS grid reference
- SK 346 364
- Coordinates
- 52.92403, -1.48547
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Friar Gate Railway Bridge, built in 1878 by Andrew Handyside and Co, Ironfounders of Derby, features stone abutments and a segmental arch over the roadway. The bridge is adorned with very delicate cast iron ornamentation in the spandrels and along the balustrade. It is part of a group that includes Nos 27 to 32, Nos 35 to 39, and Nos 41 to 51 on Friar Gate, as well as No 47 on Ford Street.
Local climate
Friar Gate Railway Bridge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 5 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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