Bridge on Kennet and Avon Canal, North of Townend is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Bridge.
Bridge on Kennet and Avon Canal, North of Townend
- WRENN ID
- still-hammer-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge on Kennet and Avon Canal, North of Townend, All Cannings
- OS grid reference
- SU 073 624
- Coordinates
- 51.36142, -1.89597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an accommodation bridge over the Kennet and Avon Canal, built around 1807 under the direction of Chief Engineer John Rennie. The bridge features English bond brickwork and has an oval arch made of one and a half bricks with a bullnosed arris. At the base of the parapet, there is a two-course string with flush stone copings, which terminate in slight piers. The abutments are splayed on plan. At the north end of the bridge, there is a Great Western Railway lozenge iron weight restriction sign, although the loading inserts are missing. The canal towpath includes stone revetments and a slot for a timber sluice.
Local climate
Bridge on Kennet and Avon Canal, North of Townend receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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