Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Aqueduct. 1 related planning application.

Aqueduct

WRENN ID
unlit-forge-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1987
Type
Aqueduct
Address
Aqueduct, Chatsworth, Derbyshire Dales
OS grid reference
SK 265 700
Coordinates
53.2269, -1.60343
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Aqueduct in Chatsworth Park was built around 1840 by Joseph Paxton and Holmes. It was inspired by an aqueduct the Sixth Duke of Devonshire saw at Wilhelmshohe, near Kassel. The structure is made of roughly squared sandstone and is constructed using drystone techniques. It is impressively located on a hillside and features four very tall round arches that end abruptly in a waterfall. The Gardens and Park surrounding the Aqueduct are listed on the Gardens Register at Grade I.

Local climate

Aqueduct receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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