Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 134 (High Bridge) at Marshcroft Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. Canal bridge.
Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 134 (High Bridge) at Marshcroft Lane
- WRENN ID
- silent-ember-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1986
- Type
- Canal bridge
- Address
- Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 134 (High Bridge) at Marshcroft Lane, Tring
- OS grid reference
- SP 939 129
- Coordinates
- 51.8069, -0.63926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 134, also known as High Bridge at Marshcroft Lane, is a canal bridge built between 1793 and 1797 by William Jessop, the chief engineer for the Grand Junction Canal Company. The bridge is constructed of brown brick with blue brick special copings. It is a high-level turnover bridge located in the middle of the Tring Canal Cutting, where the towpath shifts from the west to the east sides. Long earth ramps lead up to the roadway at the level of Marshcroft Lane. The bridge features an elliptical three-ring arch over the canal, which, while having dimensions typical of a normal bridge, is visually dwarfed by the height and width of the battered brickwork faces that rise to a projecting brick band at roadway level, complete with brick parapet walls. The parapets curve outward at the ends and extend alongside the ramps for a short distance. The Tring Canal Cutting itself is 1½ miles long and more than 30 feet deep at its maximum, having been put into service in 1797.
Local climate
Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 134 (High Bridge) at Marshcroft Lane sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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