Railway Bridge at Chance's Glassworks (Approximately 160 Metres West of Spon Lane South) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1978. Bridge.
Railway Bridge at Chance's Glassworks (Approximately 160 Metres West of Spon Lane South) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level
- WRENN ID
- moated-moat-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Smethwick MP: Gurinder Singh Josan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 July 1978
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SP 005 897
- Coordinates
- 52.50524, -1.99394
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway bridge at Chance's Glassworks, located approximately 160 meters west of Spon Lane South, is a mid-19th century structure made of brick and iron, with some sandstone dressings. The north side features a cast iron I-beam that spans the bridge. The parapet includes stone coping and octagonal end piers, along with iron railings. The deck of the bridge is supported by wrought iron or steel joists that carry brick arches. The south side of the bridge is now blocked. This bridge adjoins the Canal Bridge and spans a roadway that used to connect the northern and southern sections of Chance's Glassworks. The Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway, which opened in 1852, had its first locomotive running on the line in 1849.
Local climate
Railway Bridge at Chance's Glassworks (Approximately 160 Metres West of Spon Lane South) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level 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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