Bridgewater Canal Halfacre Lane Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Aqueduct.
Bridgewater Canal Halfacre Lane Aqueduct
- WRENN ID
- knotted-barrel-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warrington
- Constituency
- Warrington South MP: Sarah Hall (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1984
- Type
- Aqueduct
- Address
- Bridgewater Canal Halfacre Lane Aqueduct, Grappenhall and Thelwall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 654 870
- Coordinates
- 53.37933, -2.52087
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Halfacre Lane Aqueduct, built around 1770 by James Brindley, is an aqueduct located over the Bridgewater Canal in Grappenhall. Constructed of red sandstone and red-brown brick, it features a segmental arch primarily made of brick that curves downward towards the center. Each end of the archway shows a small section that indicates a slightly later extension. The side walls beneath the arch have a curved batter and a plinth in the central portion. The stone abutments are also curved and battered, featuring keystones and plain stone bands that back the brick voussoirs. On the south side, there is a plain stone cap, while the corresponding band on the north side supports a plain brick parapet for the towpath.
Local climate
Bridgewater Canal Halfacre Lane Aqueduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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