Roving Bridge Over Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Junction with the Stratford on Avon Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Roving Bridge Over Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Junction with the Stratford on Avon Canal
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-crypt-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield MP: Laurence Turner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Roving Bridge Over Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Junction with the Stratford on Avon Canal, Lifford Lane B30, B30 3LL
- OS grid reference
- SP 053 793
- Coordinates
- 52.41249, -1.92272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roving Bridge over the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at the junction with the Stratford on Avon Canal is a brick-built structure dating from around 1794 to 1802. It features a broad elliptical arch and has jump back design elements. The bridge is topped with saddle back stone copings along its parapets and is supported by swept brick abutments.
Local climate
Roving Bridge Over Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Junction with the Stratford on Avon Canal receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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