Middlewich Branch Canal Canal House, Barbridge Junction at Sj 613 569 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1991. A C19 Canal house.
Middlewich Branch Canal Canal House, Barbridge Junction at Sj 613 569
- WRENN ID
- grey-gargoyle-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1991
- Type
- Canal house
- Address
- Middlewich Branch Canal Canal House, Barbridge Junction at Sj 613 569, Wardle
- OS grid reference
- SJ 613 569
- Coordinates
- 53.1087, -2.57902
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Canal House at Barbridge Junction, built in the early 19th century and later modified in the 20th century, is a canal house that has been divided into two dwellings. The building is two storeys high at the front and three storeys at the rear. It features chequered brickwork and an overhanging pyramidal slate roof with a central chimney stack. The west front has two storeys and consists of two bays, including a canted bay window and a single flat arched window to the right, which has a 12-light hopper type frame. Above these, there are two blind windows. To the left, there is a lean-to lobby extension with a wooden porch over a wooden doorway, which has a 20th-century door. To the right, there is another lean-to porch over a doorway, also with a 20th-century door. At the rear, there is a low, single storey range made of brick, with a slate roof and two corner stacks.
Local climate
Middlewich Branch Canal Canal House, Barbridge Junction at Sj 613 569 receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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