Rochdale Canal Retaining Wall on South Side of Redhill Street, West of Union Street Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Retaining wall. 1 related planning application.
Rochdale Canal Retaining Wall on South Side of Redhill Street, West of Union Street Bridge
- WRENN ID
- watchful-spindle-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1994
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Rochdale Canal Retaining Wall on South Side of Redhill Street, West of Union Street Bridge, M4 6HH
- OS grid reference
- SJ 850 985
- Coordinates
- 53.48343, -2.2268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining wall on the south side of Redhill Street, west of Union Street Bridge, is part of the Rochdale Canal and dates back to 1804. It was originally used as a tow-path for this section of the canal. The wall is constructed of red brick up to street level and features blocked openings that were once tunnels leading to Murrays Mills. At the top, there is a parapet made of large millstone grit slabs with rounded tops. At the eastern end, near Union Street Bridge, there is a substantial square block that has remnants of iron fittings for a former tow-rope roller. The western end of the wall ends just east of the footbridge in front of the Royal Mill. This structure is part of a group that includes Union Street Bridge and the cotton mills located on the opposite side of Redhill Street.
Local climate
Rochdale Canal Retaining Wall on South Side of Redhill Street, West of Union Street Bridge 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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