Drayton Swivel Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. Bridge.
Drayton Swivel Bridge
- WRENN ID
- late-bonework-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Drayton Swivel Bridge, Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Drayton Bassett
- OS grid reference
- SK 199 008
- Coordinates
- 52.60471, -1.70654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Drayton Swivel Bridge is a late 18th-century swivel bridge located over the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal in Drayton Bassett. It features cast iron mountings and a handrail, with a wooden floor and stone surround. The bridge is low and flat, spanning the canal. The Minworth to Fazely branch of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, which this bridge serves, was completed in 1789, with John Pinkerton as the contractor.
Local climate
Drayton Swivel Bridge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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