Houghs Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1983. Road bridge.

Houghs Bridge

WRENN ID
vacant-buttress-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington South MP: Sarah Hall (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 December 1983
Type
Road bridge
Address
Houghs Bridge, Hough's Lane, Walton
OS grid reference
SJ 603 851
Coordinates
53.36181, -2.5975
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hough's Bridge is a road bridge over the Bridgewater Canal, built around 1770 by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater. It is constructed of brown brick with stone dressings. The bridge features a deep segmental arch with sandstone springers and a projecting band above the brick voussoirs. The abutments are curved in plan and battered in section, and there are flush sandstone copings on the parapets. The base and kerb of the towpath under the bridge have been replaced with concrete. Additionally, there is a pipe bridge built against the east side of the abutments, which is not included in this listing.

Local climate

Houghs Bridge 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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