Trent and Mersey Canal Eastern Entrance to the Barnton Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1986. Canal tunnel entrance.

Trent and Mersey Canal Eastern Entrance to the Barnton Tunnel

WRENN ID
solitary-hall-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1986
Type
Canal tunnel entrance
OS grid reference
SJ 635 747
Coordinates
53.2685, -2.54853
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The eastern entrance to the Barnton Tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal was built in 1777 by James Brindley for the Trent and Mersey Canal Company. It features a canal tunnel entrance arch made of stone-dressed washed brick. The facade is curving and has a parabolic stone entrance arch at its center. A plain band runs at ground level, supporting a plain parapet with rounded stone coping. The ends of the arch are marked by stone pilasters. In the center of the bridge, there is a stone plaque that reads "BARNTON TUNNEL" in 20th-century script.

Local climate

Trent and Mersey Canal Eastern Entrance to the Barnton Tunnel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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