Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1989. Aqueduct.
Aqueduct
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-lime-summer
- 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, Watery Lane, Winford
- OS grid reference
- ST 547 639
- Coordinates
- 51.37271, -2.65189
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The aqueduct for the Bristol water supply was completed in 1851 and designed by engineer James Simpson. It features a wrought iron tube supported by limestone piers and abutments. The structure consists of approximately 260 meters of wrought iron pipe, which has an ovoid section measuring 4 meters deep and 1 meter wide. This pipe spans the valley and crosses Watery Lane on 14 piers made of coursed, rock-faced masonry, which taper squarely to 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, enclosing a reservoir made of puddled clay. The pipeline is still in use and is part of an 18-kilometer supply line, making it likely the oldest surviving example of this type of engineering.
Local climate
Aqueduct 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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