Retaining Wall of Canal Above Railway to East of Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall of Canal Above Railway to East of Bridge
- WRENN ID
- white-sentry-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1975
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Retaining Wall of Canal Above Railway to East of Bridge, Beckford Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 759 656
- Coordinates
- 51.38963, -2.34695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining wall of the canal above the railway, located to the east of the bridge on Beckford Road, was built around 1840 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is situated to the north of the railway bridge between the Kennet and Avon Canal and the railway. The wall is constructed of limestone ashlar, although the southern end has been extensively repaired with dark engineering brick. This southern section varies in height and structure, rising to approximately 8 meters, and features a battered curve supported by shallow buttresses beneath a cornice and parapet. As the wall curves to the northwest, it transitions to brick, while the most northern part is entirely made of ashlar. This well-crafted section of masonry reflects the efforts made by the Great Western Railway to integrate the existing canal as it approached Bath, with the railway officially opening in June 1841.
Local climate
Retaining Wall of Canal Above Railway to East of Bridge receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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