Bridge Over the Lake is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1995. Bridge.

Bridge Over the Lake

WRENN ID
lapsed-zinc-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 March 1995
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge Over the Lake, Williamson Park
OS grid reference
SD 488 611
Coordinates
54.04362, -2.78333
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the ornamental lake in Williamson Park was built around 1909 and designed by Belcher and Joass. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar and features a single semi-elliptical arch with scrolled keystones. The channelled rustication of the voussoirs extends horizontally outward. The stone parapets have moulded copings and include three balustraded openings on each side. This bridge replaced an earlier timber structure and was part of the improvements to Williamson Park, which Lord Ashton funded in 1904.

Local climate

Bridge Over the Lake sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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  2. Gate Piers, Gates and Walls to Williamson Park Grade II 114 m
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  6. Christ Church Grade II 404 m
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  10. Moor Hospital, Blocks 40,41,42,44 and 46 Grade II* 584 m