Black Moss Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 2017. Railway bridge.
Black Moss Bridge
- WRENN ID
- iron-hearth-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 2017
- Type
- Railway bridge
- Address
- Black Moss Bridge, Nr Windermere, South Lakeland, Cumbria, Windermere and Bowness, Westmorland and Furness, LA8 9HS
- OS grid reference
- SD 432 983
- Coordinates
- 54.37734, -2.8758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Black Moss Bridge is a railway overbridge built around 1847 for the Kendal and Windermere Railway, designed by Joseph Locke and constructed by Thomas Brassey. It is made of quarry-faced local limestone and features a single-span design.
This bridge is part of a series of bridges designed by Joseph Locke for the railway, all sharing a similar design. The elliptical arch consists of alternating voussoirs that extend to the underside and spring from an impost band. The arch is flanked by slightly projecting, battered abutments that end in slim piers. The splayed parapet walls sit on a moulded string course and are made of small limestone blocks topped with flat coping stones. The arch soffit has a concrete render, and the deck supports a metalled lane with a modern kerb.
Local climate
Black Moss Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,510 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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