Shropshire Union Canal Weaver's Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1971. Bridge.
Shropshire Union Canal Weaver's Bridge
- WRENN ID
- fossil-tower-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1971
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SJ 416 751
- Coordinates
- 53.27044, -2.87673
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Weaver's Bridge is a Grade II listed single span bridge built in 1795 over the Shropshire Union Canal in Ellesmere Port and Neston. Designed under the supervision of engineer Thomas Telford, the bridge features a three-centre arch that has settled significantly, supported by battered abutments and curved in plan. At road level, there are two courses of curving brick bands. The bridge has flush chamfered sandstone copings, although one stone is missing. There is some decay in the brickwork, and the parapet walls have been rebuilt using hard red brick. Additionally, yellow stone quoins are present at the base of the west abutment.
Local climate
Shropshire Union Canal Weaver's Bridge receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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