Lever Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1957. Bridge.
Lever Bridge
- WRENN ID
- still-shingle-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South MP: Graham Stringer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1957
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SD 864 053
- Coordinates
- 53.54458, -2.20544
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lever Bridge is a bridge over the River Irk, dating from the 17th century with later repairs and rebuilding. It is constructed of dressed stone and features a single segmental arch with a keystone and a band. The parapet walls splay out at the ends and have chamfered edges on the top stones. There are inscribed stones that read: "Darcy Lever LL.D. enlarged this bridge 1733", "RL 1636 IL" (Robert Lever), and "1658". Additionally, a stone with the date of 1836 has also been recorded.
Local climate
Lever Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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