Twelvetrees Crescent Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1996. Bridge. 5 related planning applications.
Twelvetrees Crescent Bridge
- WRENN ID
- slow-moulding-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- West Ham and Beckton MP: James Asser (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1996
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Twelvetrees Crescent Bridge, Twelvetrees Crescent E3, Newham, E3 3JH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 383 824
- Coordinates
- 51.52391, -0.00788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Twelvetrees Crescent Bridge is a bridge built in 1872 by engineer Peter William Barlow. It was constructed for the Imperial Gaslight and Coke Company to provide access to their gas works, which opened in 1873. The bridge features two arches that span the River Lea and Bow Creek, with the Lea arch measuring approximately 42 meters and the Bow Creek arch about 39 meters. Long brick abutments support the structure on either side. The bridge is made of seven wrought-iron ribs with lattice work in between, and it has wrought-iron plated and riveted girders on the outer sides. The arches spring from brick abutments that are faced in stone and rest on a central brick pier, which is also stone-faced and has a stone cornice. There is a cast-iron balustrade with interlacing segmental arches on both sides of the bridge, along with six cast-iron gas lamp holders that retain their original bases. The bridge is part of a group with the nearby listed gas holders.
Local climate
Twelvetrees Crescent 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 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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