Footbridge to North of Whitchurch Railway Station is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1997. Footbridge.
Footbridge to North of Whitchurch Railway Station
- WRENN ID
- frozen-spindle-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 December 1997
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Footbridge to North of Whitchurch Railway Station, Station Road, Whitchurch Urban
- OS grid reference
- SJ 550 416
- Coordinates
- 52.97053, -2.67123
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The footbridge to the north of Whitchurch Railway Station, built around 1872 for the London and North Western Railway Company, is a Grade II listed structure. This footbridge is a single span suspension bridge designed for pedestrians to cross over the railway line. It features A-frame wooden vertical supports that are reinforced with iron bracing and joints. These supports are anchored at the base to curved stone foundation blocks using iron rods. At each end of the bridge decking, small outer frames connect to iron steps. The decking consists of wooden planks set within an iron frame, complemented by thin iron balustrades. The suspension system includes forged iron cables and chains from which the flat decking is suspended by iron rods. This footbridge is recognized as a very early and rare example of a pedestrian suspension bridge.
Local climate
Footbridge to North of Whitchurch Railway Station receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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