Macclesfield Canal Morley Drive, Bridge Number 74 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. Bridge.

Macclesfield Canal Morley Drive, Bridge Number 74

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 April 1975
Type
Bridge
Address
Macclesfield Canal Morley Drive, Bridge Number 74, Congleton
OS grid reference
SJ 873 622
Coordinates
53.15742, -2.19096
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Morley Drive, Bridge Number 74 is an accommodation bridge built in 1831 by W Crosley. It is constructed from coursed Keuper sandstone blocks and spans a section of the Macclesfield Canal in a cutting. The bridge is notably tall and features a horseshoe arch. It has battered abutments, a projecting arch keystone, and a carriageway band that also projects. The parapet is made of smaller blocks with square end piers and slightly curved projecting copings. Additionally, there are curved rubble approach walls.

Local climate

Macclesfield Canal Morley Drive, Bridge Number 74 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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