Dobsons Bridge (Number 55) is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Bridge.
Dobsons Bridge (Number 55)
- WRENN ID
- pitched-ashlar-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1986
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Dobsons Bridge (Number 55), Barnacre-With-Bonds
- OS grid reference
- SD 506 442
- Coordinates
- 53.89209, -2.75173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dobson's Bridge, located in Barnacre-with-Bonds, is an accommodation bridge over the Lancaster Canal that was opened in 1797. It was designed by the engineer John Rennie. The bridge is constructed from squared sandstone blocks and features a single elliptical arch. Below the solid parapet, which has a band and a rounded top, is a stepped keystone.
Local climate
Dobsons Bridge (Number 55) 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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