Pooley Bridge (That Part in Barton Cp) is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. A C18 Road bridge. 1 related planning application.
Pooley Bridge (That Part in Barton Cp)
- WRENN ID
- under-entrance-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1991
- Type
- Road bridge
- Address
- Pooley Bridge (That Part in Barton Cp), B5320, Barton and Pooley Bridge, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 469 244
- Coordinates
- 54.61223, -2.82217
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a road bridge located in Pooley Bridge, part of Barton civil parish, and it dates back to 1764, as indicated by the inscription "JS & IR 1764" on a stone in the parapet. The bridge is constructed from squared blocks of dressed red and calciferous sandstone. It features three segmental arches with recessed voussoirs supported by piers that have splayed cutwaters, which extend upward to create pedestrian refuges. The bridge has a solid parapet with chamfered coping. Part of the structure also lies within Dacre civil parish.
Local climate
Pooley Bridge (That Part in Barton Cp) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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