Middlewich Branch Canal Bridge Number 18 at Sj 679 621 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. A Georgian Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Middlewich Branch Canal Bridge Number 18 at Sj 679 621

WRENN ID
idle-chancel-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1983
Type
Bridge
Period
Georgian
Address
Middlewich Branch Canal Bridge Number 18 at Sj 679 621, Minshull Vernon
OS grid reference
SJ 679 621
Coordinates
53.15564, -2.48054
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge Number 18 on the Middlewich Branch Canal is an accommodation bridge built between 1827 and 1833, designed by Thomas Telford. It is constructed of washed brick and features a stone band and copings. The bridge has a single basket arch, solid parapets, and piers.

Local climate

Middlewich Branch Canal Bridge Number 18 at Sj 679 621 receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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