Bridge, Braunston Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Bridge. 3 related planning applications.
Bridge, Braunston Wharf
- WRENN ID
- empty-paling-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SP 538 658
- Coordinates
- 52.28833, -1.21151
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bridge at Braunston Wharf, built around 1830, is made of cast iron and features a moulded elliptical arch along with a cast iron trellis parapet. The arch is inscribed on both sides with "Horseley Ironworks." It has brick flanking walls topped with blue brick coping. The Grand Junction Canal was authorized by an Act of Parliament in 1793, and the section at Braunston was completed by 1796. This bridge formerly connected to the Oxford Canal near Braunston Wharf. Between 1829 and 1834, the course of the Oxford Canal was altered to connect with the Grand Junction Canal approximately 800 meters to the west at Junction Wharf, where there are two other iron bridges made by Horseley Ironworks that share a similar design to this bridge.
Local climate
Bridge, Braunston Wharf receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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