Macclesfield Canal Bridge Number 70 at Sj 8795 6321 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1995. Bridge.

Macclesfield Canal Bridge Number 70 at Sj 8795 6321

WRENN ID
tall-vestry-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 February 1995
Type
Bridge
Address
Macclesfield Canal Bridge Number 70 at Sj 8795 6321, Congleton
OS grid reference
SJ 879 632
Coordinates
53.16597, -2.1816
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a canal accommodation bridge, known as Bridge Number 70, built around 1827 and designed by engineer William Crosley. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, some of which feature fine tooling. The bridge has an elliptical or horseshoe arch made of voussoirs, with a projecting keystone that rises to a chamfered band below the parapet. The battered walls on either side of the arch end in squared piers, and the top is finished with chamfered coping. This bridge is part of a series of notable bridges and mileposts along the Macclesfield Canal.

Local climate

Macclesfield Canal Bridge Number 70 at Sj 8795 6321 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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