Oakhill Down Lock and Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1986. Lock and bridge.
Oakhill Down Lock and Bridge
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-parapet-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1986
- Type
- Lock and bridge
- Address
- Oakhill Down Lock and Bridge, Little Bedwyn Lane, Froxfield
- OS grid reference
- SU 299 671
- Coordinates
- 51.40272, -1.57079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oakhill Down Lock and Bridge is a lock and accommodation bridge over the Kennet and Avon Canal, built between 1794 and 1799 under the direction of chief engineer J. Rennie. The lock is faced with brick and features stone copings. It has been restored and includes upper and lower timber gates; the upper gate has side paddles, while the lower gate is equipped with British Waterways arm-mounted gear. The bridge, located below the lower gate, has a red brick oval arch made of one and a half bricks, with a blue string course and a parapet that includes flush half-round copings and stone end blocks. The bridge is splayed on plan. Together, the lock and bridge form a cohesive group.
Local climate
Oakhill Down Lock and Bridge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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