Canal Bridge Number 52

Canal Bridge Number 52 is a split bridge built around 1812 to 1816, with later additions and restorations, including a concrete covering on the decks. It features brick abutments and walls topped with ashlar copings, along with cast-iron rails and decks. The abutments support two cantilevered decks that have cross-framed integral handrails and are designed with splits for tow ropes. The parapet walls are splayed, although much of the coping on the north-west wall is now missing. The South Stratford Canal, which this bridge serves, was constructed between 1793 and 1816 at a cost of £500,000. In 1960, the National Trust leased 13.5 miles of the canal from Kingswood Junction, Lapworth to Stratford-upon-Avon from the British Waterways Board and obtained the freehold around 1964.