Aqueduct Over the River Tame is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1986. Aqueduct.

Aqueduct Over the River Tame

WRENN ID
drifting-cupola-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tameside
Constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne MP: Angela Rayner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 1986
Type
Aqueduct
Address
Aqueduct Over the River Tame, Peak Forest Canal
OS grid reference
SJ 935 983
Coordinates
53.48226, -2.09937
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The aqueduct over the River Tame, built between 1794 and 1801, was engineered by B. Outram and Thomas Brown. It is constructed from ashlar and dressed stone, featuring engineering brick arches. The structure has three elliptical arches that are separated by semi-circular-ended cutwaters, from which tapering pilasters rise. There are two stone bands along the aqueduct. The parapet walls curve in plan and are capped with square terminating piers. The east side of the aqueduct has undergone significant repairs, and the parapet wall has been rebuilt. Additionally, the mouth of the aqueduct is grooved for stop-planks.

Local climate

Aqueduct Over the River Tame 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 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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