Weir East of Hunt's Lock, with Footbridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Weir, footbridge. 2 related planning applications.

Weir East of Hunt's Lock, with Footbridge

WRENN ID
forbidden-merlon-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
Weir, footbridge
Address
Weir East of Hunt's Lock, with Footbridge, the Weaver Navigation, Northwich
OS grid reference
SJ 656 731
Coordinates
53.2543, -2.51613
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The weir east of Hunt's Lock, built around 1890, is a Grade II listed structure located on the Weaver Navigation in Northwich. It features five floodgates and an access footbridge, constructed from red and yellow stone and cast iron, showcasing a Baroque style. The weir includes five sluices, each equipped with gates and raising gear, which are separated by round-ended piers made of banded rusticated stone. The footbridge spans each sluice on a pair of arched cast iron beams and has a segmental fronted platform that faces downstream. Access to the footbridge is provided by a rusticated stairway consisting of 14 steps, four of which have been replaced with concrete.

Local climate

Weir East of Hunt's Lock, with Footbridge 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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