Rochdale Canal Scowcroft Lane Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 October 1987. Road bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Rochdale Canal Scowcroft Lane Bridge
- WRENN ID
- south-bastion-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton MP: Jim McMahon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 October 1987
- Type
- Road bridge
- OS grid reference
- SD 887 065
- Coordinates
- 53.55539, -2.17091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Scowcroft Lane Bridge is a road bridge built between 1794 and 1804, designed by engineer William Jessop. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone and features a skew elliptical arch. The bridge has a continuous band and parapet walls topped with round copings, which are supported by square terminating piers.
Local climate
Rochdale Canal Scowcroft Lane Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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 — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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