The Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal, Blackhall Aqueduct over White Cart Water, Paisley is a Grade A listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 March 1985. Viaduct.

The Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal, Blackhall Aqueduct over White Cart Water, Paisley

WRENN ID
tired-hall-spring
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 March 1985
Type
Viaduct
OS grid reference
NS 494 633
Coordinates
55.83999, -4.4064
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Blackhall Aqueduct over the White Cart Water in Paisley is a canal aqueduct designed by engineer Thomas Telford, built between 1806 and 1809. It features a single span of approximately 100 feet, constructed from droved ashlar stone. The aqueduct has a segmental arch at its center, adorned with rusticated voussoirs and an intrados, as well as a vermiculated keystone. The parapets are made of stugged ashlar with dressed copings.

Local climate

The Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal, Blackhall Aqueduct over White Cart Water, 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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