Southern Abutment to Former West Blackfriars and St Pauls Rail Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1995. Abutment. 1 related planning application.

Southern Abutment to Former West Blackfriars and St Pauls Rail Bridge

WRENN ID
graven-brass-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 August 1995
Type
Abutment
Address
Southern Abutment to Former West Blackfriars and St Pauls Rail Bridge, Southern Abutment to Former West Blackfriars and St Pauls Rails Bridge, Blackfriars Road
OS grid reference
TQ 317 805
Coordinates
51.50857, -0.10365
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The southern abutment to the former West Blackfriars and St Paul's Rail Bridge was built between 1862 and 1864 by Joseph Cubitt for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company. This abutment is constructed of stone and faced with Portland stone, similar to Charles Labelye's Westminster Bridge from 1738 to 1749. It was designed to support the railway line on the Beckenham to Ludgate Hill route and is part of the infrastructure for the company's Blackfriars Station. The abutment features decorative cast-iron elements, including large shields on the Southwark side that display the company's crest and full title, which were restored around 1990. This structure is located in the London Borough of Southwark and is part of a group with the nearby Blackfriars Road Bridge, also designed by Cubitt.

Local climate

Southern Abutment to Former West Blackfriars and St Pauls Rail 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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