Boatman's Shelter on East Bank of Weaver Navigation is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Shelter.

Boatman's Shelter on East Bank of Weaver Navigation

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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
Shelter
Address
Boatman's Shelter on East Bank of Weaver Navigation, Chester Road, Sutton Weaver
OS grid reference
SJ 535 788
Coordinates
53.30485, -2.69892
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Boatman's Shelter, located on the east bank of the Weaver Navigation, is a disused structure from the mid-19th century. It is built of red-brown brick and features a slate pyramidal roof that is felted. The shelter has a boarded door set beneath a tooled sandstone lintel. There are boarded-up windows, one each on the front, back, and sides, all positioned under cambered skewback arches. The left front corner and the head of the rear window have been rebuilt using blue brick. This building is listed primarily for its historic interest, as the Weaver Navigation served as a significant commercial waterway for boats transporting salt during the 19th century.

Local climate

Boatman's Shelter on East Bank of Weaver Navigation receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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