Rochdale Canal Boundary Wall to Canal Between Chorlton Street and Minshull Street is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Boundary wall.
Rochdale Canal Boundary Wall to Canal Between Chorlton Street and Minshull Street
- WRENN ID
- patient-steel-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1994
- Type
- Boundary wall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 844 979
- Coordinates
- 53.4779, -2.2354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary wall to the Rochdale Canal, located between Chorlton Street and Minshull Street in Manchester, dates back to 1804. This wall separates the canal from Canal Street, which functioned as a towpath in this area. It is constructed from millstone grit slabs that feature a rounded top.
Local climate
Rochdale Canal Boundary Wall to Canal Between Chorlton Street and Minshull Street 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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