Tarleton Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1968. Bridge.
Tarleton Bridge
- WRENN ID
- burning-clay-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1968
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Tarleton Bridge, Bank Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SD 460 202
- Coordinates
- 53.67618, -2.81833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tarleton Bridge is a public road bridge over the River Douglas, dated 1821, as indicated by the keystone on the south side. The bridge is constructed from large rock-faced blocks of sandstone and features three spans with segmental arches. The south side has rusticated voussoirs, and the center arch includes a keystone inscribed with "A. 1821 D." Triangular cutwaters with concave chamfers are present, along with parapets made of large tooled blocks that have rounded coping and panelled pilasters above the cutwaters. The north side mirrors these features, but the arches are made of red sandstone, and a longitudinal joint in the soffit suggests that they are remnants of a previously narrower bridge. The voussoirs on this side are recessed, topped with an arch band.
Local climate
Tarleton Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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