Canal Bridge, 300 Metres North East of the County, or Magic Roundabout is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. A Georgian Infrastructure.
Canal Bridge, 300 Metres North East of the County, or Magic Roundabout
- WRENN ID
- muted-pediment-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Infrastructure
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- SU 162 850
- Coordinates
- 51.56402, -1.76753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Canal Bridge, located 300 meters northeast of the County, or Magic Roundabout, is an accommodation bridge over the former North Wilts Canal, dating from around 1810. It is constructed from Swindon stone and features an elliptical arch. The bridge has a string course at the base of the parapet and end piers, with heavy stone copings, some of which have been replaced with rough-hewn gritstone.
Local climate
Canal Bridge, 300 Metres North East of the County, or Magic Roundabout receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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