Railway Bridge and Attached Accommodation Bridge Over River Kennet at Su 7306 7381 is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1988. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Railway Bridge and Attached Accommodation Bridge Over River Kennet at Su 7306 7381
- WRENN ID
- spare-solder-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1988
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Railway Bridge and Attached Accommodation Bridge Over River Kennet at Su 7306 7381, RG1 3LX
- OS grid reference
- SU 730 738
- Coordinates
- 51.45856, -0.9498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway bridge and attached accommodation bridge over the River Kennet were built between 1839 and 1840 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for The Great Western Railway. The railway bridge, constructed of red brick, was widened in 1892 using engineering brick and features ashlar dressings. It has a central elliptical arch flanked by pilasters, with the western one on a cutwater. There are two round flood arches on either side and broad battered buttresses beyond. A band runs below the flat-coped parapet.
The accommodation bridge, likely added in 1892, is made of steel and timber. Its substructure is steel-framed, with girders cantilevered from the face of the railway bridge. The wooden deck has a parapet made of vertical boards supported by a panelled frame with diagonally-crossed braces. The long, sloping ramps are panelled towards the river, while the peaked archway is constructed of steel. The Twyford to Reading section of the Great Western Railway was opened on March 30, 1840.
Local climate
Railway Bridge and Attached Accommodation Bridge Over River Kennet at Su 7306 7381 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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