Shropshire Union Canal Roundthorn Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Shropshire Union Canal Roundthorn Bridge
- WRENN ID
- grim-lead-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Shropshire Union Canal Roundthorn Bridge, Whixall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 500 357
- Coordinates
- 52.91645, -2.74401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Roundthorn Bridge is a canal roving bridge built around 1800 on the Ellesmere Canal, designed by William Jessop and Thomas Telford. It is constructed of red brick with some areas of engineering brick patching and features a coped stone parapet. The ramped approaches on both sides of the towpath are made of uncoursed rubble. The bridge has a single elliptical arch that includes keybricks, a string course, and a parapet. The section of the former Ellesmere Canal where Roundthorn Bridge is located was constructed between 1797 and 1804. The Ellesmere Canal Company merged with the Chester Canal Company in 1813 and became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846.
Local climate
Shropshire Union Canal Roundthorn Bridge receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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