Cumberland Footbridge Over Grand Union Canal to Outer Circle, Regents Park is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1978. Footbridge. 1 related planning application.
Cumberland Footbridge Over Grand Union Canal to Outer Circle, Regents Park
- WRENN ID
- burning-glass-crimson
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1978
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Cumberland Footbridge Over Grand Union Canal to Outer Circle, Regents Park, Prince Albert Road, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 282 836
- Coordinates
- 51.53719, -0.15255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cumberland Footbridge over the Grand Union Canal, located at the Outer Circle in Regents Park, was built around 1864 and manufactured by Henry Grissell in London, as indicated on the beams. This cast-iron footbridge features a single span that gently arches from masonry abutments. It has load-bearing beam arches of H section that support subsidiary girders for the footpath decking. The bridge is decorated with a foliate running pattern in the spandrels.
The cast-iron railings are adorned with enriched arcaded decoration and supported by scroll-bracketed standards. The abutments are made of Portland stone with a rusticated plinth, which supports piers topped with cornices featuring stiff leaf ornamentation. These piers are crowned with cast-iron lamp posts that have candelabra bases adorned with lion masks, column shafts, 20th-century reproduction lanterns, and single ladder bars. The approaches to the bridge are lined with coped masonry parapets.
At the northern end, there are additional features, including cast-iron railings with torch flambe finials that curve on each side to tall stone piers topped with torch flambe urns. The footbridge was previously listed twice under the parish of Marylebone, but that entry was removed from the List on 30 November 2017.
Local climate
Cumberland Footbridge Over Grand Union Canal to Outer Circle, Regents Park sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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