Red House Bridge Number 68 is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Canal bridge.

Red House Bridge Number 68

WRENN ID
stony-grate-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1984
Type
Canal bridge
Address
Red House Bridge Number 68, Harrison Road, Adlington
OS grid reference
SD 599 125
Coordinates
53.60797, -2.60724
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Red House Bridge Number 68 is a canal bridge located on the Leeds - Liverpool Canal, dating from around 1800. It is constructed of stone and features an elliptical arch supported by voussoirs and a keystone. The bridge has a band and parapets with rounded tops, as well as plain pilasters at each end. There is a segmental recess at the waterline under the north end of the span.

Local climate

Red House Bridge Number 68 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% 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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