Roving bridge at north-east end of Aston No 1 Lock, on the Birmingham/Fazeley Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Bridge.
Roving bridge at north-east end of Aston No 1 Lock, on the Birmingham/Fazeley Canal
- WRENN ID
- far-dormer-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Roving bridge at north-east end of Aston No 1 Lock, on the Birmingham/Fazeley Canal, Mill Street B6
- OS grid reference
- SP 077 880
- Coordinates
- 52.49045, -1.88793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The roving bridge at the north-east end of Aston No 1 Lock on the Birmingham/Fazeley Canal was built in the mid-1780s and is constructed of brick. It features a basket handle arch with gauged brick voussoirs and has ashlar saddleback coping. The bridge is supported by swept brick abutments.
Local climate
Roving bridge at north-east end of Aston No 1 Lock, on the Birmingham/Fazeley Canal receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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