Aqueduct Carrying the Bridgewater Canal Over Chester Road (Old Line) is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1983. Aqueduct.

Aqueduct Carrying the Bridgewater Canal Over Chester Road (Old Line)

WRENN ID
dreaming-wicket-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington South MP: Sarah Hall (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 December 1983
Type
Aqueduct
Address
Aqueduct Carrying the Bridgewater Canal Over Chester Road (Old Line), Chester Road (Former Route Of), Walton
OS grid reference
SJ 593 848
Coordinates
53.35865, -2.61167
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The aqueduct, built around 1770 by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater, carries the Bridgewater Canal over Chester Road (old line). It is constructed of stone-dressed brick and features a deep segmental arch with walls that have a slight concave batter, dipping towards the center beneath the canal. The intrados of the arch has three projecting stone bands that end as keystones. The splayed brick abutments are battered in section and have plain projecting stone copings, along with a flush stone band at the level of the arch springers. On the west side of the road beneath the archway, there is a raised sandstone pavement. A plain 20th-century brick parapet is present along the towpath on the north bank.

Local climate

Aqueduct Carrying the Bridgewater Canal Over Chester Road (Old Line) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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