Roving Bridge at Aston Junction, 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. A Early 19th century Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Roving Bridge at Aston Junction, on the Birmingham Fazeley Canal
- WRENN ID
- late-pier-gorse
- 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 Aston Junction, on the Birmingham Fazeley Canal, Mill Street B6, B6 4BS
- OS grid reference
- SP 076 880
- Coordinates
- 52.49031, -1.88841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roving Bridge at Aston Junction, located on the Birmingham-Fazeley Canal, was built in 1828 by the Horseley Ironworks. This cast iron bridge provides access over the head of No 1 Aston Lock to the Digbeth branch canal. It features an elliptical arch made from two sections, with bolted central clasping stanchions. The bridge has a pierced balustrade in an X pattern, adorned with a quatrefoil band below the handrail. The deck panels are also bolted cast iron, and the bridge is supported by stone-dressed brick swept abutments.
Local climate
Roving Bridge at Aston Junction, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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