Macclesfield Canal Morris Bridge, Bridge Number 76 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1988. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Macclesfield Canal Morris Bridge, Bridge Number 76
- WRENN ID
- eternal-mantel-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1988
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Macclesfield Canal Morris Bridge, Bridge Number 76, Congleton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 870 622
- Coordinates
- 53.15717, -2.19575
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Morris Bridge, Bridge Number 76, is an accommodation and roving bridge built in 1831 by W. Crosley. It is constructed from coursed Keuper sandstone blocks and features a horseshoe elliptical arch. The bridge has a projecting carriageway band and concave battered abutments. The parapet coping is plain and projects over the bridge, while the approach walls from the towpaths have flush half-round copings.
Local climate
Macclesfield Canal Morris Bridge, Bridge Number 76 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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