Central Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 2004. Bridge. 4 related planning applications.
Central Bridge
- WRENN ID
- quiet-joist-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southampton
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen MP: Darren Paffey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 2004
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Central Bridge, City of Southampton, SO14 3TE
- OS grid reference
- SU 426 112
- Coordinates
- 50.89927, -1.3945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Central Bridge is a railway bridge built between 1881 and 1882, designed by William Jacomb, who was the chief engineer for the London and South Western Railway Company. The bridge features three spans; the central span over the railway lines consists of riveted iron box-girders supported by riveted iron piers that have cross-bracing between them. The side spans are made up of iron beams with brick jack-arches in between, also supported by riveted iron piers. The carriageway is adorned with cast-iron parapet balustrades and cast-iron lamp standards. The abutments are constructed of red brick in a Tudor style, featuring moulded brick strings, three-centred arches, and semi-octagonal brick piers with arched panels and Portland stone dressings. The abutment at the west end separates the north and south sides and includes a flight of steps at the center. Central Bridge carries the road from the Floating Bridge, which was opened in 1836, over the River Itchen.
Local climate
Central Bridge receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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