Shropshire Union Canal Shebdon Aqueduct at Sj 758 261 is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1991. Aqueduct.
Shropshire Union Canal Shebdon Aqueduct at Sj 758 261
- WRENN ID
- low-bonework-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1991
- Type
- Aqueduct
- Address
- Shropshire Union Canal Shebdon Aqueduct at Sj 758 261, High Offley
- OS grid reference
- SJ 758 261
- Coordinates
- 52.8321, -2.36037
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shebdon Aqueduct, built around 1829-1832, is an aqueduct on the Shropshire Union Canal designed by Thomas Telford. It features similar stone posts on the north and south sides, each with semi-circular arches made of voussoirs and impost bands that extend through the tunnel. Inside the tunnel, the stonework is decorated with banded rustication. Each post has right-angled wing walls and stone copings. Above the south post, the canal embankment is topped with sloping brick paving that leads up to a plain brick parapet wall, which is not part of the original structure.
Local climate
Shropshire Union Canal Shebdon Aqueduct at Sj 758 261 receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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