Rea Aqueduct at Ngr So6511970303 is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Aqueduct.
Rea Aqueduct at Ngr So6511970303
- WRENN ID
- secret-ember-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Aqueduct
- Address
- Rea Aqueduct at Ngr So6511970303, Knighton on Teme, Malvern Hills
- OS grid reference
- SO 651 703
- Coordinates
- 52.32971, -2.51328
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rea Aqueduct, built between 1792 and 1793 by Thomas Dadford, is a Grade II listed structure located at NGR SO6511970303. This aqueduct, made of brick with ashlar dressings, is a disused canal aqueduct that now serves as a footpath bridge over the River Rea. It features a single brick segmental arch with a span of 13.7 meters, which once carried a brick-lined trough for the canal. The arch has three and a half brick facing rings, an ashlar keystone with a hood, and an ashlar springing course. The brick abutments are accented with ashlar quoins, and there are brick parapets. It is reputed to have the largest brick span of its time and, along with the Teme Aqueduct at Richards Castle, represents the last significant remnant of the Kington and Leominster Canal in Shropshire.
Local climate
Rea Aqueduct at Ngr So6511970303 receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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