Monks Bridge Over River Calder to South East of Farthwaite Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Bridge.
Monks Bridge Over River Calder to South East of Farthwaite Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-tracery-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Monks Bridge Over River Calder to South East of Farthwaite Farmhouse, Ennerdale and Kinniside, Cumberland
- OS grid reference
- NY 064 102
- Coordinates
- 54.47905, -3.44605
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Monks Bridge is a packhorse bridge located over the River Calder to the southeast of Farthwaite Farmhouse. It is said to be medieval and associated with Calder Abbey, but it is likely from the 17th or 18th century. The bridge features gauged sandstone blocks forming a single slightly pointed arch that spans approximately 18 feet. The pathway is about 3 feet wide and consists of alternate rows of slabs that project out. There are no parapets on the bridge.
Local climate
Monks Bridge Over River Calder to South East of Farthwaite Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,550 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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