Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Black Rock Bridge at Sd 976 004 is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1995. Bridge.

Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Black Rock Bridge at Sd 976 004

WRENN ID
calm-corner-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tameside
Constituency
Stalybridge and Hyde MP: Jonathan Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 May 1995
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SD 974 004
Coordinates
53.50102, -2.03939
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Black Rock Bridge is an accommodation bridge located at the tail of lock 10W on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, built between 1795 and 1798. It is likely designed by Benjamin Outram. The bridge features a hump-backed shape made of rustic coursed stone and has a single elliptical arch with voussoirs. On the west side, there is a stone band at road level and a slightly cambered parapet topped with half round stone copings. The bridge is finished with stone piers that have curved flat capstones. On the east side, which faces the lock, there is a band above a string course of thin stone, and the arch springs from the walls of the lock chamber.

Local climate

Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Black Rock Bridge at Sd 976 004 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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