Oxford Canal Bridge at Dashwood Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1987. Bridge.
Oxford Canal Bridge at Dashwood Lock
- WRENN ID
- half-cobalt-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Oxford Canal Bridge at Dashwood Lock, Kirtlington
- OS grid reference
- SP 486 226
- Coordinates
- 51.89997, -1.29371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The canal bridge at Dashwood Lock, built in the late 18th century, is constructed from coursed squared limestone. It features a depressed arch with projecting imposts and a keyblock that is connected to a surrounding dripmould. Solid parapets rise above the arch and curve outward to square piers. On both sides of the bridge, there are cast-iron plates inscribed with the number "209".
Local climate
Oxford Canal Bridge at Dashwood Lock sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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