Aqueduct Approximately 40 Metres Over River Calder at Sd 8437 3225 is a Grade II listed building in the Burnley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1997. Aqueduct.
Aqueduct Approximately 40 Metres Over River Calder at Sd 8437 3225
- WRENN ID
- dark-beam-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Burnley
- Constituency
- Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1997
- Type
- Aqueduct
- OS grid reference
- SD 843 322
- Coordinates
- 53.78637, -2.23868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a canal aqueduct built between 1795 and 1796, designed by engineer Robert Whitworth. It spans approximately 40 metres over the River Calder and is constructed from coursed dressed stone, with many blocks featuring shortbread vermiculation. The structure has a single semi-circular-headed arch supported by radiating voussoirs, with pilasters on either side. It also includes tapered wings, a squared string course, and squared coping.
Local climate
Aqueduct Approximately 40 Metres Over River Calder at Sd 8437 3225 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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