Hollowforth Aqueduct Bridge Number 38 is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Aqueduct.

Hollowforth Aqueduct Bridge Number 38

WRENN ID
night-spindle-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Constituency
Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1986
Type
Aqueduct
Address
Hollowforth Aqueduct Bridge Number 38, Barton
OS grid reference
SD 506 362
Coordinates
53.82057, -2.75065
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hollowforth Aqueduct Bridge Number 38 is an aqueduct or under-bridge that carries the Lancaster Canal over New Mill Brook. Built in the 1790s by engineer John Rennie, it is constructed from rock-faced sandstone. The bridge features three fully elliptical stone pipes, approximately 3 metres high and 4 metres wide, each with rusticated rock-faced voussoirs. A flat coping runs down on the curved outer abutments. This structure represents an unusual and ingenious engineering solution to the challenge of maintaining shallow clearance of the canal over the brook.

Local climate

Hollowforth Aqueduct Bridge Number 38 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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