Philpstoun Aqueduct, Union Canal is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1992. Aqueduct.

Philpstoun Aqueduct, Union Canal

WRENN ID
fallen-courtyard-ridge
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 March 1992
Type
Aqueduct
OS grid reference
NT 049 768
Coordinates
55.97542, -3.52491
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Philpstoun Aqueduct, part of the Union Canal, was designed by engineer Hugh Baird around 1820. It is constructed from bull-faced squared and coursed sandstone rubble and features a segmental-headed arched subway.

Local climate

Philpstoun Aqueduct, Union Canal receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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