Hartley Bridge, Chance's Glassworks (Approximately 230 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. 1 related planning application.

Hartley Bridge, Chance's Glassworks (Approximately 230 Metres West of Spon Lane South) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level

WRENN ID
quartered-string-bone
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 004 897
Coordinates
52.50554, -1.99478
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hartley Bridge is a bridge located at Chance's Glassworks, approximately 230 meters west of Spon Lane South in Birmingham. It was built in the early to mid-19th century and is constructed of sandstone, with some brick used in the parapets. The bridge features a single segmental arch, with rusticated voussoirs arranged in a honeycomb pattern. It has a low parapet topped with stone coping. Attached to the western parapet is a cast iron plaque that reads "HARTLEY BRIDGE." The bridge spans Telford's New Main Line, which was constructed in a cutting on the Birmingham Level and opened in 1828. It originally connected the northern section of Chance's Glassworks with buildings to the south of the canal, which were likely developed from the 1840s onward.

Local climate

Hartley Bridge, Chance's Glassworks (Approximately 230 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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