Somersetshire Coal Canal Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. Aqueduct. 1 related planning application.
Somersetshire Coal Canal Aqueduct
- WRENN ID
- peeling-dormer-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Aqueduct
- Address
- Somersetshire Coal Canal Aqueduct, Edelweiss Farm, Dunkerton, Dunkerton and Tunley, BA2 8BS
- OS grid reference
- ST 714 597
- Coordinates
- 51.33612, -2.41109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Somersetshire Coal Canal Aqueduct, built in 1795, is an aqueduct designed for the Somersetshire Coal Canal. It is constructed from coursed, dressed Bath stone, with a rubble Bath stone soffit and patches of engineering brick and concrete. The south side features an ashlar parapet.
This aqueduct spans the shallow gorge of Severcombe Valley, oriented east to west, and is located to the west of the former route of the infilled canal. The north face showcases a brick horseshoe arch supported by stone lower courses, featuring a prominent keystone positioned below a stone band. The face is curved and battered, with abutments integrated into the valley on either side. At the west end, there is a buttress with disturbed stonework. The south face is simpler, lacking a band, and shows signs of spalling and repairs in parts of the ashlar stonework. The horseshoe arch on this side is also made of engineering brick and includes a notable keystone. Above the south face, the ashlar parapet has canted coping stones, some of which have partially collapsed onto the deck. The tunnel includes some brick patching.
Local climate
Somersetshire Coal Canal Aqueduct receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings