Bridge Number 1, Coventry Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1985. Road bridge.

Bridge Number 1, Coventry Canal

WRENN ID
heavy-wall-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Coventry
Constituency
Coventry North West MP: Taiwo Owatemi (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 March 1985
Type
Road bridge
Address
Bridge Number 1, Coventry Canal, Drapers Fields
OS grid reference
SP 333 796
Coordinates
52.41412, -1.51086
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge number 1 on the Coventry Canal is a road bridge built in 1769, with repairs made in the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with blue brick dressings and features a single segmental arch supported by inclined side walls. On each side, there is an oval cast iron plaque inscribed with the number '1'. The side walls curve outward and extend to the northwest as a buttressed retaining wall. The bridge has continuous parapet walls with chamfered copings. It spans the Coventry Canal Navigation, which was initiated in 1768 under the direction of James Brindley.

Local climate

Bridge Number 1, Coventry Canal receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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