Rugby Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1992. A 19th century Aqueduct.
Rugby Aqueduct
- WRENN ID
- spare-sentry-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1992
- Type
- Aqueduct
- OS grid reference
- SP 503 770
- Coordinates
- 52.38923, -1.26174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rugby Aqueduct, built between 1831 and 1834, is a notable structure that was repaired and refurbished in 1991. It features a single span that crosses a road, with a cast-iron trough made of bolted planks suspended between semi-circular, openwork metal girders that support the towpath and the offside. The aqueduct includes moulded iron cornices, solid brick abutments, and outward-curving wing walls adorned with stone mouldings and copings. Brick pilasters rise to the height of the parapet and are finished in stone, located at the four corners of the trough and at the ends of the wings. The parapets consist of square section metal railings with partly flat and partly moulded top rails. This aqueduct was constructed as part of improvements to the Oxford Canal, with William Cubitt serving as the consulting engineer.
Local climate
Rugby Aqueduct receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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