Bottoms Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Road bridge.

Bottoms Bridge

WRENN ID
waning-glass-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stockport
Constituency
Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
Road bridge
Address
Bottoms Bridge, Lakes Road
OS grid reference
SJ 965 884
Coordinates
53.39251, -2.05292
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bottoms Bridge is a road bridge built around 1790, designed by engineer William Strutt Junior for Samuel Oldknow. It is constructed from ashlar and dressed stone and features one large semi-circular span, with square projections and retaining walls that curve outward, ending in square piers. The ashlar parapet walls have a rounded top. To the left, there is an arched opening that provided access from Mellor Lodge through an underground tunnel to Oldknow's stables. This bridge is an important and impressive example of late 18th-century engineering.

Local climate

Bottoms Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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