Bridge No 49 (Awbridge Bridge) and associated lock is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Canal bridge, lock.
Bridge No 49 (Awbridge Bridge) and associated lock
- WRENN ID
- distant-turret-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire MP: Mike Wood (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- Canal bridge, lock
- Address
- Bridge No 49 (Awbridge Bridge) and associated lock, Union Lane, Trysull, Trysull and Seisdon
- OS grid reference
- SO 859 948
- Coordinates
- 52.55156, -2.20833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Awbridge Bridge, also known as Bridge No 49, and its associated lock were built around 1770 as part of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. The bridge is constructed from red brick and features a stone-coped parapet. It has a single three-centred arch with a perforated parapet above, which is separated from the abutment parapets by pilaster strips topped with pyramidal caps. Underneath the bridge, the towpath is bordered on the left by a coped wall, and at the rear, a short flight of steps leads up to the lock. The canal was opened through Wombourne parish in 1770, designed by engineer James Brindley, and Awbridge Bridge and lock may represent his first effort to integrate a lock and a bridge on a public road.
Local climate
Bridge No 49 (Awbridge Bridge) and associated lock receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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