Great Howard Street Bridge Over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Head of Stanley Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1985. Canal bridge. 3 related planning applications.

Great Howard Street Bridge Over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Head of Stanley Dock

WRENN ID
fading-forge-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1985
Type
Canal bridge
Address
Great Howard Street Bridge Over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Head of Stanley Dock, L5 9UZ
OS grid reference
SJ 338 921
Coordinates
53.42174, -2.99662
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Great Howard Street Bridge is a canal bridge built around 1848 by J. Hartley, located at the head of Stanley Dock on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The bridge is constructed from granite rubble and features a segmental arch with bullnosed vousoirs and a parapet. It has curved abutments.

Local climate

Great Howard Street Bridge Over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Head of Stanley Dock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Entrance to Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Head of Stanley Dock Grade II 20 m
  2. Entrance to Stanley Dock at North End Grade II 47 m
  3. Stanley Locks, Leeds and Liverpool Canal Grade II 67 m
  4. Tobacco Warehouse on South Side of Stanley Dock Grade II 142 m
  5. Entrance to Stanley Dock at Saltney Street Corner Grade II 147 m
  6. Former Warehouse on North Side of Stanley Dock Grade II* 163 m
  7. Stanley Warehouse to South of Tobacco Warehouse Grade II 181 m
  8. Hydraulic Tower to West of Former North Warehouse, Stanley Dock Grade II 230 m
  9. Entrance to Stanley Dock at North End Grade II 239 m
  10. Bonded Tea Warehouse Grade II 247 m