Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Bridge Number 3 (Ball's Bridge) at Sp 597668 is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1993. Bridge.

Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Bridge Number 3 (Ball's Bridge) at Sp 597668

WRENN ID
haunted-frieze-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1993
Type
Bridge
Address
Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Bridge Number 3 (Ball's Bridge) at Sp 597668, Welton
OS grid reference
SP 596 668
Coordinates
52.29627, -1.12637
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ball's Bridge is an accommodation bridge over the Grand Union Canal, built between 1810 and 1814, with some minor later alterations. It was probably designed by Benjamin Bevan. The bridge is constructed of brick and features a single elliptical arch. There is a string course and solid parapets topped with half-round blue brick copings. The bridge has buttress piers with stone copings and cast iron rope fenders on the arch side facing the towpath. The canal approach walls also have stone copings. Ball's Bridge is part of a notable series of bridges with a standard design along this section of the canal.

Local climate

Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Bridge Number 3 (Ball's Bridge) at Sp 597668 receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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