Iron Bridge Across Lake to Walton Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. A N/A Bridge.
Iron Bridge Across Lake to Walton Hall
- WRENN ID
- fading-rafter-burdock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1966
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- N/A
- OS grid reference
- SE 363 163
- Coordinates
- 53.64219, -1.4509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The iron bridge across the lake to Walton Hall, dating from around 1800, is a Grade II* listed structure. This single span cast-iron bridge provides access to the island where Walton Hall is located. It features an elegant shallow arch with an open double-sectioned framework, topped with wavy and straight balusters and straight fluted rods. At each end, there are ashlar walls with piers that have channelled stonework and chamfered coping, which is topped with swept railings that have arrow-head finials on the bars. There are also pairs of gates at either end, featuring wavy dog bars with arrow-head finials. This bridge is an unusual and well-preserved example, beautifully situated, and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Iron Bridge Across Lake to Walton Hall receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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