Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 31 Carrying Sutton Lane Over Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 31 Carrying Sutton Lane Over Canal

WRENN ID
third-floor-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 December 1986
Type
Bridge
Address
Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 31 Carrying Sutton Lane Over Canal, CW10 0EP
OS grid reference
SJ 704 657
Coordinates
53.18758, -2.44352
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 31, which carries Sutton Lane over the canal, is a canal road bridge built in 1829. It is constructed of blue-brown and blue brick. The bridge features a skew basket arch and has hollow batter to its abutments, which are also curved in plan. There is a stone band at road level, and the brick parapets have square end-piers with recessed stone copings.

Local climate

Middlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 31 Carrying Sutton Lane Over Canal receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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