Canal bridge number 21 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Canal bridge.
Canal bridge number 21
- WRENN ID
- distant-plaster-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Canal bridge
- Address
- Canal bridge number 21, Brookledge Lane, Adlington
- OS grid reference
- SJ 929 801
- Coordinates
- 53.31829, -2.10726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Canal bridge number 21, built around 1830 by William Crosley for the Macclesfield Canal Company, is a Grade II listed structure. It is constructed from hammer-dressed buff sandstone and features a horseshoe elliptical arch with chamfered coping at road level. The bridge has a plain parapet with rounded coping that ends in square pilasters. This bridge is a standard design for the canal, with seven complete examples located in Adlington.
Local climate
Canal bridge number 21 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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