Leeds and Liverpool Canal Canal Bridge Number 138 is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Canal bridge. 1 related planning application.

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Canal Bridge Number 138

WRENN ID
fallow-sentry-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pendle
Constituency
Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1988
Type
Canal bridge
Address
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Canal Bridge Number 138, Brierfield
OS grid reference
SD 844 368
Coordinates
53.82726, -2.23739
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Canal Bridge Number 138, built in 1795, is an accommodation bridge designed by engineer Robert Whitworth. It is constructed of dressed stone and features an elliptical arch with rusticated voussoirs. The bridge has a plain coped parapet, and its curved abutments end in piers.

Local climate

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Canal Bridge Number 138 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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