Aqueduct Carrying Kendal/Lancaster Canal Over Peasey Beck Ngr 5347 8338 is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Aqueduct.
Aqueduct Carrying Kendal/Lancaster Canal Over Peasey Beck Ngr 5347 8338
- WRENN ID
- fading-cupola-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Aqueduct
- Address
- Aqueduct Carrying Kendal/Lancaster Canal Over Peasey Beck Ngr 5347 8338, Aqueduct Carrying Kendal/Lancaster Canal Over Peasey Beck Ngr 5348 8350, Preston Patrick
- OS grid reference
- SD 534 833
- Coordinates
- 54.244, -2.71542
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The aqueduct carrying the Kendal/Lancaster Canal over Peasey Beck was built around 1818. It is constructed from squared, coursed limestone and features limestone copings and a string course. The structure has two shallow elliptical arches with rusticated voussoirs and a central cutwater. Curved retaining walls flank either side of the aqueduct, which is approximately 30 feet wide and positioned at an angle to the direction of the canal.
Local climate
Aqueduct Carrying Kendal/Lancaster Canal Over Peasey Beck Ngr 5347 8338 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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