Iron Structure at East End of Warehouses West of Navigation Bridge on Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Blackburn with Darwen local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1974. Structural.

Iron Structure at East End of Warehouses West of Navigation Bridge on Bridge

WRENN ID
shadowed-vestry-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Constituency
Blackburn MP: Mr Adnan Hussain (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1974
Type
Structural
OS grid reference
SD 689 281
Coordinates
53.74915, -2.47214
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The iron structure at the east end of the warehouses west of the Navigation Bridge, located on Eanam Wharf, dates from around 1800. It is likely a capstan, featuring a large cylindrical iron column that tapers upwards and is mounted on two very large hexagonal steps. This capstan, along with the British Waterways Office, No 50 (Canal House), and the warehouses, creates a notable group of canal architecture.

Local climate

Iron Structure at East End of Warehouses West of Navigation Bridge on Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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