Lancaster Canal Newton Beck Culvert is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1995. Culvert.

Lancaster Canal Newton Beck Culvert

WRENN ID
scattered-wattle-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 March 1995
Type
Culvert
Address
Lancaster Canal Newton Beck Culvert, Caton Road
OS grid reference
SD 485 630
Coordinates
54.06039, -2.78693
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Newton Beck Culvert, built around 1797, is a culvert for Newton Beck designed by engineer John Rennie for the Lancaster Canal Company. It is constructed of coursed sandstone and features a circular tube of masonry approximately 1 meter in diameter and about 40 meters long, with a portal at each end. Above the arch ring, the structure is designed to resemble more significant bridges and aqueducts, featuring shallow pilasters that support a flat coping extending over curved abutments. The stream bed between these abutments is paved with setts.

Local climate

Lancaster Canal Newton Beck Culvert sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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