Barton Bridge, Barton Aqueduct and Control Tower is a Grade II* listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1987. A Victorian Bridge, aqueduct, control tower.
Barton Bridge, Barton Aqueduct and Control Tower
- WRENN ID
- shifting-gargoyle-stoat
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Worsley and Eccles MP: Michael Wheeler (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1987
- Type
- Bridge, aqueduct, control tower
- Address
- Barton Bridge, Barton Aqueduct and Control Tower, Redclyffe Road, Trafford
- OS grid reference
- SJ 766 975
- Coordinates
- 53.47445, -2.35339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barton Bridge, Barton Aqueduct, and Control Tower is a Grade II* listed structure built around 1894, designed by engineer Sir Leader Williams. This asset includes a swing road bridge, a swing canal aqueduct, and a centrally placed control tower. Both the bridge and aqueduct rotate on a central axis to allow ships to pass. The aqueduct features a boxed lattice girder with a cranked upper member, while the channel remains filled with water during the turning process. The road bridge is supported by bow-string lattice girders on either side of the roadway. The control tower is a tall, four-storey structure with two bays, topped with a pyramid roof and an external staircase. This aqueduct was constructed to replace Brindley’s notable aqueduct from around 1760 and represents a significant engineering achievement.
Local climate
Barton Bridge, Barton Aqueduct and Control Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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