Sydney Wharf Bridge and Retaining Walls (MLN110622) is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 2010. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Sydney Wharf Bridge and Retaining Walls (MLN110622)
- WRENN ID
- noble-wicket-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 2010
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Sydney Wharf Bridge and Retaining Walls (MLN110622), Between Sydney Wharf Road Bridge (Mln110618) and Bathwick Covered Way (Mln110624/10629)
- OS grid reference
- ST 757 650
- Coordinates
- 51.3844, -2.34933
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sydney Wharf Bridge and Retaining Walls comprise a bridge and substantial retaining walls built in the 18th century as part of the Kennet and Avon Canal. The 30ft (12m) Sydney Wharf Bridge has a semi-elliptical arch form, topped by a parapet with a simple, bold string course and coping. The bridge's abutments are integrated with the adjacent cutting retaining walls.
The retaining walls extend northwards to Sydney Road Bridge and southwards to the entrance of the Bathwick Covered Way. These walls are 6 to 8m tall, sloping downwards from north to south, with curved faces. They are divided by a plinth supporting pilaster buttresses, a string course and a coped parapet; all the mouldings are characterised by their boldness and simplicity. Sections of the eastern (Down) retaining wall have been refurbished using purple engineering brick, meticulously replicating the original decorative details. The retaining walls are constructed with Bath stone ashlar, with engineering brick used in some sections.
Local climate
Sydney Wharf Bridge and Retaining Walls (MLN110622) 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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