Prince Street Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1975. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.

Prince Street Bridge

WRENN ID
high-brass-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 August 1975
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
ST 586 723
Coordinates
51.44863, -2.59674
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Prince Street Bridge is a swing bridge built in 1879, located in Bristol. It features iron construction, Pennant rubble with limestone dressings, and slate hipped roofs. The bridge has riveted steel plates on its arched sides and deck, providing two carriageways. It is supported by stone abutments and includes capstans and bollards.

Local climate

Prince Street Bridge receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% 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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