Shropshire Union Canal, Shrewsbury Branch Canal Bridge Approximately 20 Metres to West of Numbers 1 and 2, Canal Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1985. Canal bridge.

Shropshire Union Canal, Shrewsbury Branch Canal Bridge Approximately 20 Metres to West of Numbers 1 and 2, Canal Cottages

WRENN ID
leaning-passage-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 February 1985
Type
Canal bridge
OS grid reference
SJ 540 112
Coordinates
52.69664, -2.68091
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The canal bridge on the Shropshire Union Canal, located approximately 20 metres west of numbers 1 and 2 Canal Cottages, dates from around 1797. It is constructed of plum-coloured brick in English bond, featuring red brick dressings and grey sandstone coping. The bridge has a segmental arch with a projecting brick keystone, a string course, and a curved parapet. It is supported by square end piers topped with pyramidal caps. This bridge is noted as one of the last surviving unaltered examples in this section of the now disused Shrewsbury arm of the Shropshire Union Canal, which began construction in 1793 and was opened in 1797. Numbers 1 and 2 Canal Cottages are not included in this listing.

Local climate

Shropshire Union Canal, Shrewsbury Branch Canal Bridge Approximately 20 Metres to West of Numbers 1 and 2, Canal Cottages receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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