Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 53 (Hallemans Bridge) is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Canal bridge.

Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 53 (Hallemans Bridge)

WRENN ID
empty-kitchen-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1987
Type
Canal bridge
Address
Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 53 (Hallemans Bridge), Cheswardine
OS grid reference
SJ 713 287
Coordinates
52.85521, -2.4267
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hallemans Bridge, also known as Bridge Number 53, is a canal bridge located on the Shropshire Union Canal, built around 1830 by engineers Thomas Telford and Alexander Easton. The bridge is constructed from dressed red sandstone with tooled ashlar dressings. It features an elliptical arch made of voussoirs and a flush keystone. There is a flat string course and a parapet with square end piers and rounded coping. The abutments are slightly battered and curved. On the towpath side, there are cast-iron corner posts that show grooves from rope haulage, along with an oval cast-iron number plate. This section of the canal was part of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, which was authorized by an act passed in 1826 and opened in 1835. It was absorbed by the Ellesmere and Chester Canal in 1845 and later became part of the Shropshire Union Canal in 1846.

Local climate

Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 53 (Hallemans Bridge) receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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