Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 74 is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Bridge.

Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 74

WRENN ID
patient-cloister-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Type
Bridge
Address
Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 74, West Felton
OS grid reference
SJ 350 276
Coordinates
52.84231, -2.96503
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 74 is a canal roving bridge built around 1796. It is part of William Jessop's and Thomas Telford's Ellesmere Canal. The bridge is constructed of red brick and features a coped parapet. It has an elliptical arch with a flat string course and ramped approaches at right angles on each side. A cast-iron plate numbered "74" is located on the north-east side. This section of the Ellesmere Canal was opened in 1796 to connect with the Montgomeryshire Canal at Carreghofa and became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846.

Local climate

Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 74 receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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