Footbridge Over River Swilgate is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1973. Footbridge.
Footbridge Over River Swilgate
- WRENN ID
- gilded-threshold-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1973
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Footbridge Over River Swilgate, Swilgate Road
- OS grid reference
- SO 893 325
- Coordinates
- 51.9916, -2.15596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The footbridge over the River Swilgate, built around 1850, is a Grade II listed structure located on Swilgate Road in Tewkesbury. It features a narrow footway supported by two cast-iron plates, which rest on a central brick pier and abutments capped with weathered sandstone. The plates are reinforced with two ribs underneath the walkway and have edge beams that rise towards the center. The balustrade consists of plain vertical rails and a handrail supported by iron scroll brackets, which are cast with the main plates and extend two bays beyond the openings at each end. There are seven bays with eight supporters on each side. The brick abutments are splayed and include trimmed elliptical openings for flood water. The outer ends are paved with concrete. The total length of the footbridge is approximately 10 meters. This structure is a notable example of 19th-century engineering and remains in constant use today.
Local climate
Footbridge Over River Swilgate receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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