Sliding Bridge at N entrance to Basin is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 February 1996. House. 1 related planning application.

Sliding Bridge at N entrance to Basin

WRENN ID
sacred-kitchen-root
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
13 February 1996
Type
House
Address
Sliding Bridge at N entrance to Basin, Barry Docks, Barry
OS grid reference
ST 122 671
Coordinates
51.39647, -3.26283
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Sliding Bridge at the north entrance to the Basin, built in 1889, is a Grade II* listed structure made of riveted metal plates. It operates by sliding forwards on tracks, which are controlled by a horizontal wheel located beneath the bridge and powered by a hydraulic winch. The base of the bridge features I-beam girders, and to the west, there is a mechanism designed to engage with the dock wall. The sides of the bridge consist of metal plates supported by girders and struts, curving down towards the west end. At the east end, the bridge includes counterweights and has maker's plates indicating it was manufactured by the Darlington Wagon and Engineering Co Ltd in 1889.

Local climate

Sliding Bridge at N entrance to Basin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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