Trent and Mersey Canal Scotch Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Canal bridge. 1 related planning application.

Trent and Mersey Canal Scotch Bridge

WRENN ID
unlit-entrance-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1987
Type
Canal bridge
Address
Trent and Mersey Canal Scotch Bridge, King's Mills Lane, Weston Upon Trent
OS grid reference
SK 402 274
Coordinates
52.8434, -1.40441
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Scotch Bridge is a canal bridge located on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Weston-upon-Trent. It was built in 1770 by the engineer James Brindley and has undergone minor repairs since its construction. The bridge is made of red brick set on a rubble stone plinth, featuring stone dressings. It has a single segmental brick arch supported by tapering stone jambs, with plain brick spandrels and parapets that are topped with chamfered stone copings. The walls of the bridge splay outwards at each end and terminate in plain brick piers.

Local climate

Trent and Mersey Canal Scotch Bridge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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