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

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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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