Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Owl Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1978. Swing-bridge. 1 related planning application.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Owl Bridge
- WRENN ID
- outer-wattle-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds West and Pudsey MP: Rachel Reeves (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1978
- Type
- Swing-bridge
- Address
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Owl Bridge, 216, LS13 1NW
- OS grid reference
- SE 220 369
- Coordinates
- 53.82824, -1.66655
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Owl Bridge is a swing bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, built in the late 18th century by engineers James Brindley and Richard Whitworth. It features dressed-stone abutments made of large blocks. The canal narrows at this point, with the east side of the bridge being taller and having tapering sides that step down to accommodate the pivoting end of the bridge. The west side includes a quadrant-shaped recess that allows the bridge to swing around. The current bridge is made of modern cast iron with a boarded floor and is mounted on a riveted pivot. The Act for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal was passed in 1770.
Local climate
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Owl Bridge receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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