Linacre Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1985. Bridge.
Linacre Bridge
- WRENN ID
- waning-minaret-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1985
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Linacre Bridge, North Claines
- OS grid reference
- SO 851 602
- Coordinates
- 52.24004, -2.21887
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Linacre Bridge is a canal accommodation bridge built around 1771 by James Brindley. It is constructed from handmade brick in English bond with sandstone dressings. The bridge features an elliptical arch approximately 14 feet wide at the base, with a sandstone course above the arch and sandstone quoins at the base, which have rope grooves on the west side. The curved parapet is splayed at the ends and has sandstone copings. The towpath runs beneath the west side of the bridge. The Droitwich Barge Canal, which this bridge serves, is a broad gauge canal that connects Droitwich with the River Severn. James Brindley was the consulting engineer throughout the canal's construction, which was completed in 1771 to support the salt industry using specially developed "wich" barges. As of September 1984, the Droitwich Canals Trust was restoring the canal, and Linacre Bridge is noted as the only structure on the canal that has remained untouched since its completion.
Local climate
Linacre Bridge receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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