Brown House Bridge (Number 86) at SD 606 226 is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Bridge.

Brown House Bridge (Number 86) at SD 606 226

WRENN ID
waiting-alcove-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1987
Type
Bridge
Address
Brown House Bridge (Number 86) at SD 606 226, Wheelton
OS grid reference
SD 606 226
Coordinates
53.69881, -2.59796
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brown House Bridge (Number 86) is an accommodation bridge over the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, built between 1812 and 1815. The supervising engineers for the project were Joseph and James Fletcher, and the contractor was John Withnall. The bridge is constructed of squared sandstone and features a distorted elliptical arch that supports a sloped deck. The arch is adorned with rusticated voussoirs that are painted white, along with a band and a parapet that has rounded coping. The bridge has pilastered ends and crosses a cutting between a high bank on the east side and a lower bank on the west side.

Local climate

Brown House Bridge (Number 86) at SD 606 226 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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