Smithy Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1985. Bridge.

Smithy Bridge

WRENN ID
sombre-rafter-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnsley
Constituency
Barnsley South MP: Stephanie Peacock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 April 1985
Type
Bridge
Address
Smithy Bridge, Smithy Bridge Lane
OS grid reference
SE 400 012
Coordinates
53.50641, -1.39816
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Smithy Bridge is a bridge built around 1800, made of coursed, squared sandstone with tooled-ashlar voussoirs. It features a single span and has a rusticated elliptical arch with a band-rusticated ashlar soffit. The flanking abutment walls have a swept batter and curve to align with the approach roads. The projecting end-piers are connected by a cambered band beneath the parapet wall, which has weathered copings, some of which have been replaced by concrete. The bridge crosses the Elsecar branch of the Dearne and Dove Canal, which was constructed following an act in 1793 and opened in 1804, although it is now largely infilled.

Local climate

Smithy Bridge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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