Ravensthorpe-Dewsbury Railway Railway Bridge Over Calder and Hebble Navigation, Long Cut is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Railway bridge. 1 related planning application.

Ravensthorpe-Dewsbury Railway Railway Bridge Over Calder and Hebble Navigation, Long Cut

WRENN ID
open-banister-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1985
Type
Railway bridge
OS grid reference
SE 232 203
Coordinates
53.67888, -1.65021
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railway bridge over the Calder and Hebble Navigation, known as the Long Cut, was built in 1847 for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, with the line opening in 1848. This bridge features a single span supported by large rusticated ashlar abutments, with the span constructed from cast iron. It includes six arched girders, which are designed with spandrels that resemble a gothic arcade, tapering towards the center. The outer arches display the inscription: "JOSEPH BUTLER & CO. STANNINGLEY IRON WORKS. NR. LEEDS. 1847" and are slightly more elaborately designed. The trusses are secured with cast-iron X-section cross-shaped ties and diagonal tie-bars, and the main arches are bolted together in five sections. Additionally, the bridge is adorned with gothic arcaded parapets made of cast iron.

Local climate

Ravensthorpe-Dewsbury Railway Railway Bridge Over Calder and Hebble Navigation, Long Cut receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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