Higher Maunsell Bridge at St 308294 Higher Maunsell Lock No 4 at St 308294 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1989. Bridge, lock.

Higher Maunsell Bridge at St 308294 Higher Maunsell Lock No 4 at St 308294

WRENN ID
lapsed-glass-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1989
Type
Bridge, lock
Address
Higher Maunsell Bridge at St 308294 Higher Maunsell Lock No 4 at St 308294, North Petherton
OS grid reference
ST 307 293
Coordinates
51.0595, -2.98893
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Higher Maunsell Lock No 4 and Higher Maunsell Bridge are located on the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, built between 1824 and 1827, with restoration in the 20th century. The lock features a brick chamber and two sets of double wooden gates equipped with concrete balance beams. It has counterweighted ground paddle gearing at the top with metal ball weights and counterweighted gate paddle gearing at the bottom with metal cylinder weights. This type of paddle gearing is unique to the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal. The bridge over the lock is made of brick and has a single horseshoe arch, a band, a solid parapet with brick coping, and piers with stone coping. The south parapet has been rebuilt in brick. The canal was constructed under the engineering supervision of James Hollinsworth.

Local climate

Higher Maunsell Bridge at St 308294 Higher Maunsell Lock No 4 at St 308294 receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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