Wrenbury Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1986. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Wrenbury Bridge
- WRENN ID
- winter-lancet-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1986
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Wrenbury Bridge, Shropshire Union Canal, Wrenbury Cum Frith, CW5 8HG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 589 480
- Coordinates
- 53.02811, -2.61286
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wrenbury Bridge is a road bridge built around 1790 by Thomas Telford, located over the Shropshire Union Canal. It features a single span and is constructed of timber. The bridge has a wooden platform made of planks laid between timber beams, which spans the river at the bank level. The platform is hinged at its northern edge and can be raised and lowered using a counterbalancing beam weight. This weight is supported by two square-section posts on the northern bank, which carry two horizontal beams connected to the platform with chains. Iron tension rods extend from the vertical beams to the ends of the horizontal beams. Additionally, the bridge is equipped with a 20th-century mechanical crank for raising and lowering the structure. There are three similar bridges in the parish.
Local climate
Wrenbury Bridge receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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