Canal Bridge Number 50 (Preston Hill Farm Bridge) is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1990. Canal bridge.
Canal Bridge Number 50 (Preston Hill Farm Bridge)
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-clay-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 1990
- Type
- Canal bridge
- Address
- Canal Bridge Number 50 (Preston Hill Farm Bridge), South Stratford Canal, Preston Bagot
- OS grid reference
- SP 165 639
- Coordinates
- 52.27338, -1.75821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Canal Bridge Number 50, also known as Preston Hill Farm Bridge, is a split bridge built between 1812 and 1816, with restoration work carried out in the 1980s. It features brick abutments and walls, along with cast-iron rails and decks. The abutments support two cantilevered decks that have integral X-framed handrails and are designed to accommodate tow ropes. The splayed parapet walls are topped with brick copings, which were rebuilt in the 1980s. The South Stratford Canal, to which this bridge belongs, was constructed between 1793 and 1816 at a cost of £500,000. In 1960, 13.5 miles of the canal from Kingswood Junction, Lapworth to Stratford-upon-Avon was leased by the National Trust from the British Waterways Board for restoration, and the National Trust acquired the freehold around 1964.
Local climate
Canal Bridge Number 50 (Preston Hill Farm Bridge) receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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