Canal Bridge Number 19 Quaker's Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Canal Bridge Number 19 Quaker's Bridge

WRENN ID
deep-parapet-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Constituency
Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1986
Type
Bridge
Address
Canal Bridge Number 19 Quaker's Bridge, Darkinson Lane, Lea
OS grid reference
SD 490 316
Coordinates
53.77851, -2.77441
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Canal Bridge Number 19, also known as Quaker's Bridge, is a public road bridge over the Lancaster Canal, built in the 1790s. The engineer responsible for its design was John Rennie. The bridge is constructed from squared sandstone and features an elliptical arch with triple keystones. It is adorned with bands, parapets, and pilastered ends.

Local climate

Canal Bridge Number 19 Quaker's Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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