Lancaster Canal Basin Bridge (Number 98) is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1970. A Late 18th Century Bridge. 6 related planning applications.
Lancaster Canal Basin Bridge (Number 98)
- WRENN ID
- sharp-garret-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1970
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Late 18th Century
- Address
- Lancaster Canal Basin Bridge (Number 98), Aldcliffe Road, LA1 1BF
- OS grid reference
- SD 475 610
- Coordinates
- 54.04269, -2.80312
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lancaster Canal Basin Bridge (number 98) is a roving bridge, dating from around 1797. It was designed by John Rennie, the engineer for the Lancaster Canal Company. Constructed of coursed squared sandstone, the bridge has a concave plan with slightly battered abutments. It features a semi-elliptical arch reinforced with a triple keystone, a band above the arch, and low parapets with rounded coping. The western parapet has undergone raising and a stepped-up central section. A cast-iron rubbing strip is still visible on the north corner of the east side of the arch, intended to shield the masonry from wear caused by tow ropes. Originally built to carry the towpath across the canal, avoiding nearby coal wharves approximately 100 metres to the east, the bridge is now the only unaltered roving bridge over the main Preston-Tewitfield section of the Lancaster Canal.
Local climate
Lancaster Canal Basin Bridge (Number 98) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 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 97% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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