Footbridge at Junction with Wolverhampton Level (Approximately 230 Metres East of Bridge Street) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Footbridge.
Footbridge at Junction with Wolverhampton Level (Approximately 230 Metres East of Bridge Street) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level
- WRENN ID
- buried-hammer-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Smethwick MP: Gurinder Singh Josan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Footbridge
- OS grid reference
- SP 029 889
- Coordinates
- 52.49875, -1.95837
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The footbridge at the junction with Wolverhampton Level, located approximately 230 meters east of Bridge Street in Smethwick, is a canal footbridge built in 1828. It is constructed of cast iron and features brick abutments with sandstone dressings. The bridge has a single elliptical arch, with each side made of two castings that are bolted to a central "keystone." The design includes pierced saltire crosses and a band of quatrefoils below the handrail. The spandrel is inscribed with "HORSELEY IRON WORKS STAFFORDSHIRE 1828." The southern abutment has been partly repaired with 20th-century brick and concrete.
Local climate
Footbridge at Junction with Wolverhampton Level (Approximately 230 Metres East of Bridge Street) 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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