Bridge Over Moat at Thurland Castle, with Entrance Gateway is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. A Victorian Bridge, gateway.

Bridge Over Moat at Thurland Castle, with Entrance Gateway

WRENN ID
low-flue-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1985
Type
Bridge, gateway
Address
Bridge Over Moat at Thurland Castle, with Entrance Gateway, Cantsfield
OS grid reference
SD 610 730
Coordinates
54.15158, -2.59807
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over the moat at Thurland Castle, along with its entrance gateway, was built in the 1880s by the architectural firm Paley and Austin. Constructed from sandstone rubble, the bridge features a single segmental arch and embattled parapets topped with saddle-backed coping. The parapets end at octagonal piers on the southern side and meet buttresses at the northern side, which leads to the gateway. The gateway itself has a moulded segmental pointed arch with a hood and a saddle-back coping that steps down in the center. Above the arch is a panel that is carved with a shield of arms.

Local climate

Bridge Over Moat at Thurland Castle, with Entrance Gateway sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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