Cross Street Tunnel and Archways is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 October 2007. Tunnel.

Cross Street Tunnel and Archways

WRENN ID
half-clay-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
1 October 2007
Type
Tunnel
Address
Cross Street Tunnel and Archways, Chirk
OS grid reference
SJ 278 410
Coordinates
52.96182, -3.07539
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Cross Street Tunnel is a structure from the late 18th century featuring stone portals. It is constructed from rubble and has elliptical arches on both the north and south sides of the canal embankment and tow-path. The lining of the tunnel has been rendered.

Local climate

Cross Street Tunnel and Archways receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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