Victoria Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1987. A Victorian Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Victoria Bridge
- WRENN ID
- sheer-wicket-ebony
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Victoria Bridge, Severn Valley Railway, Kidderminster Foreign
- OS grid reference
- SO 766 792
- Coordinates
- 52.4108, -2.34447
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Victoria Bridge is a railway bridge built between 1859 and 1862 by engineer John Fowler for the Severn Valley Railway Company. The structure features cast-iron and rusticated sandstone ashlar. Its main span consists of a segmental arch made up of four ribs, each formed from nine H-section cast-iron pieces that are bolted together. Above the arch, the track is supported by a network of iron struts. The rusticated ashlar abutments have plain parapets and are each pierced by a segmental arch made of blue brick, which includes a moulded string course at the springing level. On the west bank, there is a tow path situated between the abutment and the river, while on the east bank, the abutment wall extends down into the river. A painted inscription on the bridge reads: 'Victoria Bridge/1861/John Fowler, Engineer' in the center, with 'Messrs. Brassey & Co., Contractors.' to the left and 'Cast and erected by the Coalbrookdale Company' to the right.
Local climate
Victoria Bridge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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