Oxford Canal Bridge Number 238 is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Bridge.
Oxford Canal Bridge Number 238
- WRENN ID
- plain-cobble-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1972
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SP 501 087
- Coordinates
- 51.77536, -1.2743
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oxford Canal Bridge Number 238 is a bridge designed by James Brindley, built around 1790. It features a counterweighted wooden drawbridge and has red brick retaining walls on either bank of the canal. The bridge was repaired in 1967, which is noted on the structure.
Local climate
Oxford Canal Bridge Number 238 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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