Footbridge at Ashurst Station is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Footbridge.
Footbridge at Ashurst Station
- WRENN ID
- quiet-copper-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Footbridge at Ashurst Station, Station Road, Speldhurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 507 387
- Coordinates
- 51.12854, 0.15255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The footbridge at Ashurst Station is a Grade II listed structure that spans the railway, linking the up- and down-line platforms. The station was opened in 1888. This cast iron footbridge features straight flights of steps with wooden treads leading up to a half landing, which is supported by four columns with moulded caps and bases. The columns are adorned with open spandrel-like braces that spring from small fluted brackets enriched with leaf designs. The stairs are equipped with octagonal newel posts that have moulded caps and bases, topped with a plain handrail over trelliswork. The main bridge rises with a few steps on each side to the walkway. Its curving girders create a flat-topped arch with rounded corners. The footway is reinforced by a series of L-profile iron strips, and the braces on either side of the parapet curve outward and then back in, resembling an onion shape.
Local climate
Footbridge at Ashurst Station receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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