Wednesfield Road High Level Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1987. Railway bridge.

Wednesfield Road High Level Railway Bridge

WRENN ID
winter-steel-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wolverhampton
Constituency
Wolverhampton North East MP: Sureena Brackenridge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1987
Type
Railway bridge
Address
Wednesfield Road High Level Railway Bridge, City of Wolverhampton
OS grid reference
SO 918 989
Coordinates
52.58869, -2.12134
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wednesfield Road High Level Railway Bridge is a railway underbridge built in 1848, with widenings on the northeast side occurring around 1870 and 1880. It features brick abutments with ashlar dressings, as well as riveted cast-iron decking and beams. The northeast abutments curve in quadrants, ending in stone quoined angles that meet the adjoining retaining walls. Above these angles, there are large painted stone pedestals with cornices and recessed panels on the outer faces, which display a shield inscribed with the date A.D. 1880. Between the pedestals, a riveted cast-iron parapet is arranged in framed panels, with a central panel featuring an oval cast iron plate that displays the year 1880 and the inscription: ERECTED BY THE HORSELEY CO. LTD above and HENRY WOODHOUSE below. This bridge is included for its group value.

Local climate

Wednesfield Road High Level Railway Bridge receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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