Wyrley and Essington Canal Anglesey Branch Railway Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the Walsall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1986. Aqueduct.
Wyrley and Essington Canal Anglesey Branch Railway Aqueduct
- WRENN ID
- steep-thatch-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Aldridge-Brownhills MP: Wendy Morton (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1986
- Type
- Aqueduct
- Address
- Wyrley and Essington Canal Anglesey Branch Railway Aqueduct, Hammerwich, Lichfield
- OS grid reference
- SK 052 064
- Coordinates
- 52.65553, -1.92373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wyrley and Essington Canal Anglesey Branch Railway Aqueduct is a Grade II listed structure built in 1856. It carries the Anglesey branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal, which was widened and made navigable in 1850, over the South Staffordshire Railway, which opened in 1849. The aqueduct is constructed from cast iron with brick abutments. The waterway is carried in an iron trough supported by a central brick pier. An iron arch, which supports the towpath, is inscribed with "Lloyds Foster and Co., Engineers, Wednesbury 1856." The solid cast iron parapets feature an interlaced balustrade pattern in relief.
Local climate
Wyrley and Essington Canal Anglesey Branch Railway Aqueduct receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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