Shropshire Canal aqueduct at SJ 69423 05931 is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 April 1993. Aqueduct.
Shropshire Canal aqueduct at SJ 69423 05931
- WRENN ID
- empty-brick-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- Telford MP: Shaun Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 April 1993
- Type
- Aqueduct
- Address
- Shropshire Canal aqueduct at SJ 69423 05931, Aqueduct Village, Dawley Hamlets, TF3 1NL
- OS grid reference
- SJ 694 059
- Coordinates
- 52.65026, -2.45339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shropshire Canal aqueduct is a stone structure built around 1792 to carry the Shropshire Canal over the Wellington to Madeley road. Constructed from sandstone ashlar, the aqueduct has a trapezoidal shape, with the longer sides oriented to the north-west and south-east, and the south-west end being longer than the north-east.
The exterior features an elliptical arch that spans the path below, made from a single course of ashlar voussoir stones, supported by ashlar block abutments. Above the arch, ashlar blocks rise to form parapets on either side of the aqueduct, which is now infilled and supports a tarmac path instead of water in an iron trough. Iron railings are positioned above the parapets, set back from the edge.
To the north-west, a wall extends at right angles from the north elevation, retaining the soil of the steep road cutting to the north-east. Additionally, the south side of the aqueduct is buttressed by a shorter rubble stone wall that projects at right angles to the south-west, helping to retain the slope of the road cutting in that direction. On the south elevation, there is an oval metal plaque inscribed with: ‘BUILT c.1792 THIS / AQUEDUCT WAS RESTORED / IN 2001 / ALSO REMEMBERED HERE / ARE THE WAR DEAD OF / AQUEDUCT VILLAGE’.
Local climate
Shropshire Canal aqueduct at SJ 69423 05931 receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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