Bridge Number 131, Trent and Mersey Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1988. Bridge.

Bridge Number 131, Trent and Mersey Canal

WRENN ID
carved-postern-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent North MP: David Williams (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 April 1988
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Number 131, Trent and Mersey Canal, Kidsgrove
OS grid reference
SJ 837 542
Coordinates
53.08535, -2.24396
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge Number 131 on the Trent and Mersey Canal is a Grade II listed structure built around 1824-1827. It is constructed of red and blue brick in English bond, featuring a stone parapet band and coping. The bridge has a rusticated ashlar surround to a low segmental arch. Bridge Number 131 is likely part of the alterations made by Thomas Telford during the construction of the second Harecastle Tunnel.

Local climate

Bridge Number 131, Trent and Mersey Canal receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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