Canal Bridge, 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.
Canal Bridge, Chance's Glassworks (Approximately 160 Metres West of Spon Lane South) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level
- WRENN ID
- distant-remnant-weasel
- 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
- 52.50538, -1.99384
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a bridge built in the mid-19th century, located approximately 160 meters west of Spon Lane South on the Birmingham Canal in Smethwick. Constructed of brick with sandstone coping and iron railings, the bridge features a single low segmental arch. The end piers are connected by a broad brick band. It spans Telford's New Main Line, which was built in a cutting on the Birmingham Level and opened in 1828. The bridge carries a roadway that used to connect the northern part of Chance's Glassworks with buildings to the south of the canal, passing under an adjacent railway bridge.
Local climate
Canal Bridge, 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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