Bridge Number 4 Over Ashton Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.

Bridge Number 4 Over Ashton Canal

WRENN ID
wild-doorway-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Number 4 Over Ashton Canal, Carruthers Street, M4 7EQ
OS grid reference
SJ 856 984
Coordinates
53.48289, -2.21772
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge Number 4 over Ashton Canal is a public road bridge located in Manchester, likely built around 1800. It is constructed of red brick in English garden wall bond, with elements of cast iron and sandstone. The bridge has a narrow rectangular shape that narrows to the width of the lock. It features a short horizontal span between vertical end walls made of brick abutments, which have rounded sandstone corners with block capitals. The bridge carries cast-iron beams and likely has flagstone flooring. At each end, there are broad pilasters, a simple moulded cornice, and a parapet made of two courses of massive dressed blocks.

Local climate

Bridge Number 4 Over Ashton Canal sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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