White Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Bridge.
White Bridge
- WRENN ID
- hushed-stronghold-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- White Bridge, Meadow Lane, Mawdesley, Chorley
- OS grid reference
- SD 467 156
- Coordinates
- 53.63473, -2.8063
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Bridge is a public road bridge that spans the new cut of the River Douglas. It was probably built in the early to mid-18th century and is constructed from squared sandstone. The bridge features three spans with segmental arches, which are adorned with rusticated voussoirs, keystones, and arch-bands. It has rounded cutwaters made of rock-faced stone that have concave chamfered tops, which transition into pilasters. The bridge also includes a plain cornice, parapet, and rounded coping, although the coping may have been replaced. The Douglas Navigation was constructed between 1720 and 1742, and this bridge closely resembles the Great Hanging Bridge in Croston. Additionally, it crosses the boundary with Rufford in the West Lancashire District.
Local climate
White Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 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 89% 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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