Caldon Canal Tunnel Entrance Screen at Sj 974 543 is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. Tunnel entrance, screen.

Caldon Canal Tunnel Entrance Screen at Sj 974 543

WRENN ID
small-mantel-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1987
Type
Tunnel entrance, screen
Address
Caldon Canal Tunnel Entrance Screen at Sj 974 543, Longsdon
OS grid reference
SJ 974 543
Coordinates
53.0863, -2.03879
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Caldon Canal tunnel entrance screen, located at SJ 974 543, was built in 1801 and designed by engineer John Rennie. It features a rock-faced ashlar-like rubble construction with a slightly concave retaining wall that includes end piers and a parapet. The central tunnel entrance is elliptically arched and set low, with a pilastered plaque above it, although the inscription is now lost.

Local climate

Caldon Canal Tunnel Entrance Screen at Sj 974 543 receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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