Former Canal Bridge About 130 Metres South of Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1991. Bridge.

Former Canal Bridge About 130 Metres South of Methodist Chapel

WRENN ID
vast-sandstone-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Telford and Wrekin
Constituency
Telford MP: Shaun Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1991
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SJ 682 058
Coordinates
52.64946, -2.47038
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former canal bridge, located about 130 metres south of the Methodist Chapel on Lightmoor Road, dates from around 1790 to the early 19th century. It is constructed of stretcher bond red brick and features a round arch set on a dressed sandstone plinth, creating a barrel vaulted tunnel that is approximately 5 metres long, passing through a bank of spoil. At either end, there are stone rubble and slag abutments. Currently, a footpath runs above the bridge, which may have originally supported a colliery plateway over the Shropshire Union Canal, completed around 1790. An 1882 Ordnance Survey map shows that the canal was replaced by a small mineral line. The bridge likely connected Dawley Parva Colliery to the Lightmoor Iron, Brick and Tile Works.

Local climate

Former Canal Bridge About 130 Metres South of Methodist Chapel receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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