Canal Bridge Number 49 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 49
- WRENN ID
- waiting-gravel-larch
- 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 49, South Stratford Canal, Preston Bagot
- OS grid reference
- SP 172 647
- Coordinates
- 52.28054, -1.7491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Canal Bridge Number 49 is a Grade II listed structure located on the South Stratford Canal in Preston Bagot. It was built between 1812 and 1816 and has undergone later restorations. The bridge features brick abutments topped with stone copings, along with cast-iron handrails and decks. The abutments support two cantilevered decks that have cross-framed integral handrails and are designed with a split for tow ropes. The parapet walls are splayed and include an original fixed iron rod attached to the copings.
The South Stratford Canal was constructed between 1793 and 1816 at a cost of £500,000. In 1960, 13.5 miles of the canal, stretching from Kingswood Junction in 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. Part of this bridge is also listed in Claverdon Civil Parish.
Local climate
Canal Bridge Number 49 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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