Belchers Lift Bridge Number 189, at Sp 495 329 Oxford Canal is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1992. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Belchers Lift Bridge Number 189, at Sp 495 329 Oxford Canal
- WRENN ID
- sheer-steel-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1992
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Belchers Lift Bridge Number 189, at Sp 495 329 Oxford Canal, Aynho
- OS grid reference
- SP 495 329
- Coordinates
- 51.99305, -1.28015
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Belchers Lift Bridge Number 189 is an accommodation lift-bridge located on the Oxford Canal. It has origins dating back to the late 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The bridge features a tilting wooden plank deck, wooden handrails, and two balance beams set at a raking angle. It is supported by brick abutments with concrete sills and has brick wing walls at the trailing edges, along with stone rubbing blocks on the faces facing the canal. This bridge is part of an important series of lift-bridges on the Oxford Canal, representing a type that has become rare in England.
Local climate
Belchers Lift Bridge Number 189, at Sp 495 329 Oxford Canal sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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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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