Ravensthorpe-Dewsbury Railway Railway Bridge Over River Calder is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Railway bridge.
Ravensthorpe-Dewsbury Railway Railway Bridge Over River Calder
- WRENN ID
- riven-hinge-vetch
- 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 233 205
- Coordinates
- 53.68078, -1.64777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway bridge over the River Calder, built in 1847 for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, features two identical spans supported by large rusticated ashlar abutments and a central pier. The bridge, which opened in 1848, has a cast iron span consisting of six arched girders. The spandrels are designed as a gothic arcade that narrows towards the center. The outer arches are inscribed with "JOSEPH BUTLER & CO. STANNINGLEY IRON WORKS. NR. LEEDS. 1847" and have slightly more decorative detailing. The trusses are supported by cast-iron cross-shaped ties and diagonal tie-bars, while the main arches are bolted together in five sections. The bridge is topped with gothic arcaded parapets made of cast iron.
Local climate
Ravensthorpe-Dewsbury Railway Railway Bridge Over River Calder receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% 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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