Bridge Over the Kennet and Avon Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1956. Bridge.
Bridge Over the Kennet and Avon Canal
- WRENN ID
- last-lead-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1956
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge Over the Kennet and Avon Canal, Meadow Lane, Bathampton
- OS grid reference
- ST 769 661
- Coordinates
- 51.39425, -2.33273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bridge over the Kennet and Avon Canal, built in the early 19th century, dates back to when the canal was opened in 1810. The engineer for the canal was John Rennie. The bridge is constructed of ashlar stone and features a single span horseshoe arch with a triple keystone. It also has a plat band and a parapet.
Local climate
Bridge Over the Kennet and Avon Canal receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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