Huddersfield Narrow Canal; Bridge at Lock 42 is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Bridge.
Huddersfield Narrow Canal; Bridge at Lock 42
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-copper-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SE 047 118
- Coordinates
- 53.60302, -1.93037
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bridge at Lock 42 on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal was built between 1794 and 1798, likely designed by engineer Benjamin Outram. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a single span with a segmental arch. Beneath the arch is a setted towpath. The bridge has a parapet with copings and a string course at the base of the parapet. The parapets are corbelled out on each side.
Local climate
Huddersfield Narrow Canal; Bridge at Lock 42 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% 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 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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