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. Road bridge.
Bridge Over Railway
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-pillar-river
- 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
- Road bridge
- Address
- Bridge Over Railway, Beckford Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 758 654
- Coordinates
- 51.38761, -2.34862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bridge over the railway on Beckford Road, built around 1840, features extensions from the 20th century and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and engineering brick. The facade facing Sydney Gardens is more elaborate, showcasing moulded coping on the parapet and a cornice above the arch, which is flanked by two ashlar buttresses that step forward. The arch itself is angled and semi-elliptical, with five courses of brick, likely added later, and ashlar facings. The north facade is finished in brick, and there are 20th-century corrugated iron extensions above the parapets. This bridge is part of a significant series of railway bridges leading into Bath, reflecting the contemporary architectural influences on Brunel's design. The railway line in this area was opened in June 1841.
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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