Aqueduct to East of Church of St Mary and St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1989. Aqueduct.
Aqueduct to East of Church of St Mary and St Peter
- WRENN ID
- ruined-spandrel-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1989
- Type
- Aqueduct
- Address
- Aqueduct to East of Church of St Mary and St Peter, Church Road, Winford
- OS grid reference
- ST 543 649
- Coordinates
- 51.38211, -2.65671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The aqueduct located to the east of the Church of St Mary and St Peter was built in 1851 and designed by engineer James Simpson. It serves as part of the Bristol water supply system. The structure features a wrought iron tube supported by limestone piers and abutments. The aqueduct spans approximately 260 meters with a wrought iron pipe that has an ovoid section, measuring 4 meters deep and 1 meter wide, carried across a valley on 14 piers made of coursed rock-faced masonry. These piers are tapered square and rest on concrete padstones that hold rocker bearings for the large pipe. The height of the piers varies to match the ground profile, and the central pier is cruciform with raking buttresses. At both ends, there are stone revetment walls topped with simple iron railings, which enclose a reservoir made of puddled clay. This aqueduct is a prominent feature in the valley east of the church and is still in use as part of an 18-kilometer supply line, making it likely the oldest surviving example of such engineering.
Local climate
Aqueduct to East of Church of St Mary and St Peter receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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