Manchester and Ashton Under Lyne Canal Former Packet Boathouse Adjacent to Bridge Number 16 is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1987. Boathouse.

Manchester and Ashton Under Lyne Canal Former Packet Boathouse Adjacent to Bridge Number 16

WRENN ID
solitary-gravel-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tameside
Constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne MP: Angela Rayner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1987
Type
Boathouse
OS grid reference
SJ 900 978
Coordinates
53.47762, -2.15148
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former packet boathouse, built in 1833, is located adjacent to bridge number 16 on the Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne Canal in Droylsden. This long building, constructed of hammer-dressed stone and topped with a slate roof, was designed to accommodate one boat. It features a boat hole at one end, which has a semi-circular head beneath a coped gable with kneelers and a datestone. The side elevation includes a door and two window openings, all with stone lintels and sills.

Local climate

Manchester and Ashton Under Lyne Canal Former Packet Boathouse Adjacent to Bridge Number 16 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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