Towpath Bridge Over Gower Branch at Junction with New Main Line (Approximately 370 Metres North West of Union Road) Birmingham Canal Gower Branch is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Bridge.
Towpath Bridge Over Gower Branch at Junction with New Main Line (Approximately 370 Metres North West of Union Road) Birmingham Canal Gower Branch
- WRENN ID
- keen-cornice-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SO 981 910
- Coordinates
- 52.51765, -2.02922
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Towpath Bridge over the Gower Branch at the junction with the New Main Line was built in 1855. It is constructed from cast iron and features brick abutments with some sandstone dressings. The bridge has a single shallow segmental arch. The sides are made from a single casting that is pierced to create a lattice pattern of saltire crosses. The bridge is inscribed with "HORSELY CO TIPTON 1855".
Local climate
Towpath Bridge Over Gower Branch at Junction with New Main Line (Approximately 370 Metres North West of Union Road) Birmingham Canal Gower Branch receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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