Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct Over Hawthorn Road is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1987. Canal aqueduct. 2 related planning applications.
Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct Over Hawthorn Road
- WRENN ID
- late-casement-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston MP: Andrew Western (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1987
- Type
- Canal aqueduct
- OS grid reference
- SJ 796 937
- Coordinates
- 53.44057, -2.30756
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct, built around 1776, is an important canal aqueduct located over Hawthorn Road in Stretford. Designed by engineers J. Gilbert and J. Brindley, the structure is made of hammer-dressed stone and features three segmental-arched spans. One span crosses the road, while the other two span an overflow channel of the River Mersey. Each arch is constructed from brick and includes a keystone and a segmental band. The aqueduct was widened to the west in the late 18th century or early 19th century. The arches over the overflow channel are notably wider and are separated by a triangular cutwater. A continuous stone band runs above the arches. This aqueduct is sometimes referred to as the Cut Hole Aqueduct.
Local climate
Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct Over Hawthorn Road 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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