Balustrade between Rochester Bridge and Rochester Pier is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. Balustrade. 2 related planning applications.
Balustrade between Rochester Bridge and Rochester Pier
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-moulding-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- Balustrade
- Address
- Balustrade between Rochester Bridge and Rochester Pier, Esplanade, ME1 1QE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 740 686
- Coordinates
- 51.39057, 0.50077
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The balustrade runs along the River Medway esplanade, between Rochester Bridge and Rochester Pier. It was constructed in 1914, incorporating elements salvaged from the earlier bridge designed by William Cubitt in 1856, which was removed to allow for the construction of the current road bridge. The balustrade is made of bulbous limestone balusters with a coping and plinth. A lamp sits atop a tall, fluted column on a large panelled plinth section. The balustrade ends at the pier with a pair of low, panelled piers, each featuring a fluted column but without lamps.
Local climate
Balustrade between Rochester Bridge and Rochester Pier sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- 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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