Skerton Bridge

Skerton Bridge is a public road bridge over the River Lune, completed in 1788 and altered around 1849. It was designed by architect Thomas Harrison, with construction by builders Messrs Mesham and carpenter Edward Exley. The bridge is made of sandstone ashlar and features five gracefully shallow semi-elliptical arches with archbands. Above the semicircular cutwaters between the arches are niches framed by aedicules, which have mutuled pediments and engaged Tuscan columns. The bridge is topped with a cornice adorned with mutules and a balustraded parapet, where plain panels alternate with groups of six balusters. The ramped approach at the east end was modified to create a passage for the 'Little' North-western Railway, which opened in 1849.