Old Bridge C10 Metres South-East of Dog Pits Lane Bridge Over River Irwell is a Grade II listed building in the Rossendale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1984. A C18 Bridge.
Old Bridge C10 Metres South-East of Dog Pits Lane Bridge Over River Irwell
- WRENN ID
- scattered-panel-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rossendale
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen MP: Andy MacNae (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1984
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SD 869 245
- Coordinates
- 53.71753, -2.19868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bridge, located approximately 10 metres south-east of the Dog Pits Lane bridge over the River Irwell, is a small bridge whose date is unknown but is likely from the 18th century or earlier. It features a single low segmental arch made of sandstone rubble, although the voussoirs on the south-east side are now missing. The bridge is connected to a short retaining wall on the west side of the south bank. Its position suggests it was part of a pre-turnpike route that crossed the Irwell, linking Bacup Old Road to the west with Todmorden Old Road to the east. This route has since been replaced by the current bridge and is now overgrown.
Local climate
Old Bridge C10 Metres South-East of Dog Pits Lane Bridge Over River Irwell sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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