Trent and Mersey Canal Canal Aqueduct Number 205 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1986. Canal aqueduct.

Trent and Mersey Canal Canal Aqueduct Number 205

WRENN ID
bitter-gravel-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1986
Type
Canal aqueduct
Address
Trent and Mersey Canal Canal Aqueduct Number 205, Little Leigh
OS grid reference
SJ 615 755
Coordinates
53.27536, -2.57798
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Trent and Mersey Canal Aqueduct Number 205 is a canal aqueduct built in 1777 by James Brindley for the Trent and Mersey Canal Company. It is constructed from English bond blue brick. The south face features a bold, curving facade with a segmental arch at its center, supported by tall abutments that lead into a barrel vault beneath the canal. At each end of the aqueduct are tall, triangular buttresses. The plain parapet has a rounded stone coping that ends in plain pilasters, and the entire structure stands approximately 10 meters high. Notably, there is no parapet on the north side.

Local climate

Trent and Mersey Canal Canal Aqueduct Number 205 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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