Roving Bridge Over Entrance to Birmingham Fazeley Canal at Fazeley Junction is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Bridge.
Roving Bridge Over Entrance to Birmingham Fazeley Canal at Fazeley Junction
- WRENN ID
- rough-outpost-twilight
- 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 Over Entrance to Birmingham Fazeley Canal at Fazeley Junction, King Edward's Road B1
- OS grid reference
- SP 059 868
- Coordinates
- 52.47937, -1.91379
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roving Bridge over the entrance to the Birmingham Fazeley Canal at Fazeley Junction, dated 1827, is a cast iron bridge made by Horseley Ironworks. It features an elliptical arch constructed from two pairs of castings that are secured by vertical stanchions at the crown. The bridge's parapets are decorated with an X pattern that includes a quatrefoil band beneath the handrail. The bridge is supported by ashlar footings on swept brick abutments.
Local climate
Roving Bridge Over Entrance to Birmingham Fazeley Canal at Fazeley Junction 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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