Bridge 53, Lancaster Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 2015. Bridge.
Bridge 53, Lancaster Canal
- WRENN ID
- night-mullion-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 2015
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SD 506 434
- Coordinates
- 53.88486, -2.75206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bridge 53 over the Lancaster Canal was built in 1797 when the canal opened, designed by the engineer John Rennie and made of rock-faced sandstone. The bridge supports a lane that runs east from Sturzaker House Farm. It features a single elliptical arch with a stepped keystone above the canal and towpath. The bridge has a hipped design, with its parapets sloping outwards at both ends. These parapets are supported by a band on both faces of the bridge.
Local climate
Bridge 53, Lancaster Canal sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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