Lapley Wood Bridge (No. 17) is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Road bridge.

Lapley Wood Bridge (No. 17)

WRENN ID
small-attic-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Staffordshire
Constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1985
Type
Road bridge
Address
Lapley Wood Bridge (No. 17), Wheaton Aston, Stretton and Wheaton Aston
OS grid reference
SJ 864 120
Coordinates
52.70601, -2.20227
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lapley Wood Bridge, also known as Bridge No. 17, is a road bridge over the Shropshire Union Canal, built around 1832. It features limewashed brickwork with stone copings and string courses. The bridge has a single elliptical arch with a slightly concave side plan, a cambered carriageway, and parapets. The copings are half round, with piers at each end and cast iron hawser spurs located at the springings on the towpath side. The Shropshire Union Canal, which this bridge crosses, was engineered by Thomas Telford and completed in 1835.

Local climate

Lapley Wood Bridge (No. 17) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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