Sedgwick Aqueduct, Lancaster/Kendal Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Aqueduct.
Sedgwick Aqueduct, Lancaster/Kendal Canal
- WRENN ID
- south-lime-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- Aqueduct
- OS grid reference
- SD 513 870
- Coordinates
- 54.27657, -2.74866
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sedgwick Aqueduct, built in 1818 by engineer William Crosley, is an aqueduct on the Lancaster/Kendal Canal. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone with limestone ashlar dressings, featuring a limestone string and copings along the parapet. The aqueduct includes a tunnel over the roadway, positioned at an angle to the canal's direction, which has a segmental arched opening adorned with rusticated voussoirs and a keystone. This opening is flanked by rusticated tapering pilasters that are curved in section. Above the arch, there is a blank panel that was likely intended for an inscription. The structure also has massive curved retaining walls, with a flight of stone steps located behind the wall to the northwest. The aqueduct is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Sedgwick Aqueduct, Lancaster/Kendal Canal sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% 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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