Bridgewater Canal Lumb Brook Bridge (An Aqueduct, That Part in Grappenhall Civil Parish) is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Aqueduct.
Bridgewater Canal Lumb Brook Bridge (An Aqueduct, That Part in Grappenhall Civil Parish)
- WRENN ID
- odd-pilaster-grain
- 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 Lumb Brook Bridge (An Aqueduct, That Part in Grappenhall Civil Parish), Grappenhall and Thelwall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 622 860
- Coordinates
- 53.3702, -2.56941
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lumb Brook Bridge is an aqueduct that carries the Bridgewater Canal over Lumb Brook Road and Lumb Brook, built in 1770 by James Brindley, as indicated by the date on the springer. The structure features squared snecked blocks of red and yellow sandstone, with red brick lining around the deep segmental archway. The abutments are slightly concave and broadly canted with a battered design. A ramped path leads from the road to the towpath, flanked by sandstone retaining walls and a simple post-and-rail fence. The aqueduct is topped with a curved brick parapet that has six rectangular recessed panels on the outer side, finished with 20th-century concrete coping. Additionally, a semi-circular arched sandstone culvert runs diagonally beneath the road, allowing Lumb Brook to pass through the aqueduct. The northern section of the aqueduct is located in Lumb Brook Road, within Stockton Heath Parish, while the south-western part is situated in Lumb Brook Road, Appleton Civil Parish.
Local climate
Bridgewater Canal Lumb Brook Bridge (An Aqueduct, That Part in Grappenhall Civil Parish) 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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