Barden Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Aqueduct.
Barden Aqueduct
- WRENN ID
- mired-granite-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Aqueduct
- Address
- Barden Aqueduct, Silsden
- OS grid reference
- SE 054 465
- Coordinates
- 53.91526, -1.91838
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barden Aqueduct, built around 1858, is a Grade II listed structure located in Silsden, West Yorkshire. It is constructed from rock-faced stone and ashlar and features three segmental arches supported by tall piers. The arches have cavetto moulded imposts and margin-dressed rock-faced voussoirs that are aligned with the stone courses, while the intrados is punched-dressed. The aqueduct has a hollow-chamfered band and coping along its ashlar parapet. The dressed abutments are topped with cast-iron railings that have spearhead finials. The survey tower on Bolton Road, located to the west, was used during the construction of the aqueduct.
Local climate
Barden Aqueduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
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