Bridge Number 50 and Keeper's Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Canal bridge and lock. 8 related planning applications.
Bridge Number 50 and Keeper's Lock
- WRENN ID
- stranded-gateway-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1986
- Type
- Canal bridge and lock
- Address
- Bridge Number 50 and Keeper's Lock, Fradley Junction, Fradley and Streethay, DE13 7DN
- OS grid reference
- SK 144 142
- Coordinates
- 52.72553, -1.78771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bridge Number 50 and Keeper's Lock is a canal bridge and lock built around the 1770s, with some later alterations. It features red brick construction with ashlar dressings. The bridge has a single four-centred arch and abutments that curve outwards on each side. To the south-west of the bridge is the lock, which has wooden gates dating from around 1980.
Keeper's 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 as the surveyor-general. Both the bridge and the canal are noted for their group value.
Local climate
Bridge Number 50 and Keeper's 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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