Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 42 is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1987. Canal bridge.
Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 42
- WRENN ID
- third-pier-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1987
- Type
- Canal bridge
- Address
- Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 42, Husbands Bosworth
- OS grid reference
- SP 627 825
- Coordinates
- 52.43772, -1.07885
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 42 is an early 19th-century canal bridge located in Husbands Bosworth. It features a single span shallow segmental arch made of brick, with brick copings on the parapet and stone used for the terminal piers. There is a projecting brick band at the base of the parapet. An iron protection plate at the foot of the arch has become worn into grooves from the tow ropes.
Local climate
Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 42 receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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