Bridge at Shipton Weir Lock, Oxford Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Bridge.
Bridge at Shipton Weir Lock, Oxford Canal
- WRENN ID
- swift-bailey-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge at Shipton Weir Lock, Oxford Canal, Shipton-On-Cherwell and Thrupp
- OS grid reference
- SP 487 169
- Coordinates
- 51.84932, -1.2935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bridge at Shipton Weir Lock on the Oxford Canal is a turnover bridge built in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of English bond brick and features an S-plan design. The bridge has a segmental-arched structure with iron railings that are threaded through wooden posts. The Oxford Canal itself was completed in 1790.
Local climate
Bridge at Shipton Weir Lock, Oxford Canal 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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