Bridge Number 51 and Attached Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Canal bridge.

Bridge Number 51 and Attached Lock

WRENN ID
ruined-rotunda-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lichfield
Constituency
Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1986
Type
Canal bridge
Address
Bridge Number 51 and Attached Lock, Fradley
OS grid reference
SK 141 140
Coordinates
52.72394, -1.7926
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge Number 51 and the attached lock are a canal bridge and lock built around the 1770s. They are constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings. The bridge features a single segmental arch and a plain parapet. The lock, located to the southwest of the bridge, has wooden and steel gates that were added around 1980. This lock is part of a series of five locks on the Trent and Mersey Canal at its junction with the Coventry Canal. The Trent and Mersey Canal was completed in 1777, with James Brindley serving as the surveyor-general.

Local climate

Bridge Number 51 and Attached Lock receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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