Bridge and Boat House with Associated Basin at East End of Lower Lake is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. Bridge.

Bridge and Boat House with Associated Basin at East End of Lower Lake

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1968
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge and Boat House with Associated Basin at East End of Lower Lake, Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell
OS grid reference
SE 407 178
Coordinates
53.65536, -1.38514
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge and boat house with an associated basin at the east end of the Lower Lake is an 18th-century structure made of sandstone ashlar. The oval basin is approximately 20 meters across and features an outlet sluice at the east end. At the west end, there is a private road bridge that has a single segmental arch, which is adorned with rusticated voussoirs and a raised keystone. This bridge is flanked by channelled piers and includes a roll-moulded band and chamfered coping. The coping supports ornamental railings with fleur-de-lys heads, which alternate between wavy and straight designs, and have open-work standards over the piers. The entrance to the boat house is located on the south side and matches the style of the bridge, although it does not have railings. The rear of the boat house features a modern lightweight roof above an earth-covered vault.

Local climate

Bridge and Boat House with Associated Basin at East End of Lower Lake receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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