Railway Tunnel Ventilation Tower Opposite End of Pembroke Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Ventilation tower.

Railway Tunnel Ventilation Tower Opposite End of Pembroke Road

WRENN ID
wild-mantel-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol North West MP: Darren Jones (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 March 1977
Type
Ventilation tower
Address
Railway Tunnel Ventilation Tower Opposite End of Pembroke Road, Clifton Down
OS grid reference
ST 569 743
Coordinates
51.46615, -2.62086
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railway tunnel ventilation tower, located opposite the end of Pembroke Road in Bristol, was built around 1875. It is constructed from squared Pennant rubble and features limestone dressings. The tower is round in shape and has a moulded plinth and coping, along with a moulded panel. This structure serves the Clifton Down Tunnel, which was also opened in 1875.

Local climate

Railway Tunnel Ventilation Tower Opposite End of Pembroke Road receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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