Leeds and Liverpool Canal Whitefield Bridge Number 141 is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Whitefield Bridge Number 141

WRENN ID
rough-foundation-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pendle
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1988
Type
Bridge
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Whitefield Bridge Number 141, Nelson, BB9 7HH
OS grid reference
SD 854 378
Coordinates
53.83705, -2.22275
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Whitefield Bridge Number 141 is a public road bridge built in 1795, designed by engineer Robert Whitworth. The bridge is constructed of dressed stone and features a single elliptical arch with rusticated voussoirs. It has a plain parapet that was slightly railed at a later date, topped with coping. The curved abutments of the bridge end in piers.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Whitefield Bridge Number 141 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% 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 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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