Northgate Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Bridge.

Northgate Bridge

WRENN ID
north-roof-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1972
Type
Bridge
Address
Northgate Bridge, Upper Northgate Street, CH1 4EE
OS grid reference
SJ 404 666
Coordinates
53.19393, -2.89341
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Northgate Bridge is a road bridge built around 1790, possibly under the supervision of Thomas Telford, who was the consultant engineer for the Chester Canal. The bridge is constructed from coursed red sandstone and features a deep segmental arch that spans the ditch of the Roman and City Walls, which was deepened to accommodate the canal in the 1770s. It has moulded bands on the voussoirs and shows signs of damage with panels above the crown of the arch on each side. The bridge also includes moulded plinths for renewed iron railings, which are arranged in four panels between tapered stone piers and two panels to the north of the former toll cottage on the west side.

Local climate

Northgate 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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