Trent and Mersey Canal South Portal of Preston Brook Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Canal tunnel.

Trent and Mersey Canal South Portal of Preston Brook Tunnel

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 December 1985
Type
Canal tunnel
Address
Trent and Mersey Canal South Portal of Preston Brook Tunnel, Dutton
OS grid reference
SJ 574 788
Coordinates
53.30482, -2.64048
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The south portal of the Preston Brook Tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal tunnel mouth built around 1777 by James Brindley. It is constructed of stone-dressed dark brick and features a narrow elliptical opening surrounded by a ring of rusticated stone voussoirs, three of which have been replaced with brick and a concrete insert at the base of the left side. Above the arch, there is a plain stone band at ground level and flush stone coping. The structure includes plain rectangular end piers and sandstone wing walls with projecting stone copings. Above the tunnel mouth keystone, a plain flush stone is inscribed with the words "PRESTON TUNNEL." Notably, the tunnel does not have a towpath, as the horse track crosses the canal just behind the portal.

Local climate

Trent and Mersey Canal South Portal of Preston Brook Tunnel receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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