Rockingham Road Bridge (BHL5333) is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 2012. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Rockingham Road Bridge (BHL5333)
- WRENN ID
- ragged-wicket-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 2012
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rockingham Road Bridge is a Grade II listed structure made of original handmade red brick, with some areas patched using red engineering brick and GWR red and purple engineering brick at the tops of the parapets, all laid in English bond.
The bridge features a single segmental arch with a span of approximately 36 feet, supported by abutments that incline inward. Each abutment has three segmental arched recesses. The carriageway is notably wide at 24 feet between the parapets. The bridge's faces have a stepped string course and continue in a gentle curve to create slightly raked wing walls, where the humped-back parapets end in piers that are only visible on the external face. In the 20th century, the parapets were raised with five courses of engineering brick and topped with a steeply pitched rendered coping.
This design is considered unusual for the renowned engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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