Coventry Canal Swan Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Road bridge.

Coventry Canal Swan Bridge

WRENN ID
tenth-hearth-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lichfield
Constituency
Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1986
Type
Road bridge
Address
Coventry Canal Swan Bridge, Whittington
OS grid reference
SK 161 089
Coordinates
52.67773, -1.76249
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Swan Bridge is a road bridge built around 1785, located over the Coventry Canal in Whittington. It is constructed of red brick and features an ashlar coped parapet. The bridge has a single segmental arch that spans the canal, supported by square end piers. This section of the Coventry Canal was completed by 1786 under the direction of Thomas Dadford senior.

Local climate

Coventry Canal Swan Bridge 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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