The Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal, Aqueduct over lane near Blackhall, Paisley is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 March 1997. Aqueduct.
The Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal, Aqueduct over lane near Blackhall, Paisley
- WRENN ID
- rusted-stronghold-candle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Renfrewshire
- Constituency
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 27 March 1997
- Type
- Aqueduct
- OS grid reference
- NS 494 634
- Coordinates
- 55.84104, -4.40551
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal aqueduct, designed by Thomas Telford and constructed between 1806 and 1809, spans a lane that was later converted for railway use and closed in 1881. The aqueduct is made of stugged grey sandstone ashlar and features a single arch with rubble sides. It has channelled voussoirs and a vermiculated keystone, with a plain ashlar course above that serves as a base course for the terraced wallhead, which is coped with ashlar. There is a terminal pier with block coping and an outer splay, but no parapet above ground.
Local climate
The Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal, Aqueduct over lane near Blackhall, Paisley sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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