Gloucester Gate Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. A Victorian Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Gloucester Gate Bridge
- WRENN ID
- unlit-gutter-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- TQ 286 835
- Coordinates
- 51.53585, -0.14691
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gloucester Gate Bridge is a bridge that was formerly over the Cumberland Basin arm of Regent's Canal, which is now dry. It features a dedication stone at the north-west end dated 11 August 1877. The bridge was designed by engineer William Booth Scott for the Vestry of St Pancras, with contractors Kirk and Randall. It is constructed of red and purple brick with red sandstone.
The central parapets are made of cast iron, supported on cast-iron beams over the tunnel entrance, which has modillion brackets. The parapets are designed with pierced patterns and central bosses featuring stylised flowers, while the abutments flanking the now-sealed tunnel entrance are topped with elaborate bronze lamp standards shaped like candelabra, although the south-west standard is missing. These lamp standards repeat a floral motif with foliage and are inscribed "Gardner/Strand" and signed "Wm. Booth Scott."
At the north-east end, there is an inset bronze bas relief plaque depicting the martyrdom of St Pancras by CE Fucigna, which was presented by William Thornton. Attached to both northern ends are cast-iron railings with ball and spike finials, leading to sandstone piers topped with foliated features. The north and south abutments are under sandstone parapets and made of red brick with recessed panels that contain rubbed brick roundels.
Historically, the Cumberland Basin arm was constructed between 1813 and 1816, running to the west of Regent's Park and Albany Street, and it ended in a basin at Cumberland Market. This basin was filled in during 1942-1943.
Local climate
Gloucester Gate Bridge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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