Bridge Over Railway is a Grade II* listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. A Victorian Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Bridge Over Railway
- WRENN ID
- sombre-bailey-nightshade
- 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
- Bridge
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Bridge Over Railway, Sydney Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 757 651
- Coordinates
- 51.38531, -2.34919
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bridge over the railway, located on Sydney Road, was constructed around 1840 and is attributed to engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who worked for the Great Western Railway. It is made of limestone ashlar and features an angled semi-elliptical arch with an abutment on the west side. The bridge has a plain coped parapet with a plinth and cornice above the arch, which steps down and forward on the west side. A similar lower parapet on the east side curves to connect with the lower retaining wall of the railway.
This bridge is part of a particularly scenic series of railway structures that were built through Sydney Gardens, which are associated with the important Great Western Railway mainline that runs from London to Bath. H.E. Goodridge is thought to have been the surveyor for the Great Western Railway during this period and may have overseen the design of the bridge. A modern plaque on the north-west spandrel, installed by the Brunel Society, commemorates its construction.
Local climate
Bridge Over Railway 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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