Lancaster Canal Moss Bridge (Number 143) is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1983. Bridge.

Lancaster Canal Moss Bridge (Number 143)

WRENN ID
brooding-copper-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1983
Type
Bridge
Address
Lancaster Canal Moss Bridge (Number 143), the Yealands
OS grid reference
SD 519 765
Coordinates
54.18221, -2.73844
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Moss Bridge (No. 143) is a bridge over the Lancaster Canal that was opened in 1819. It is constructed from limestone blocks and features a single semi-elliptical arch with chamfered voussoirs and a projecting keystone. The parapet includes coping.

Local climate

Lancaster Canal Moss Bridge (Number 143) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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