Near Fairbank 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 overbridge.
Near Fairbank Bridge
- WRENN ID
- blind-cornice-linden
- 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 overbridge
- Address
- Near Fairbank Bridge, Nether Staveley, South Lakeland, Cumbria, Westmorland and Furness, LA8 9PS
- OS grid reference
- SD 457 981
- Coordinates
- 54.37561, -2.83682
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway overbridge near Fairbank Bridge was 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 structures designed by Locke for the railway, sharing a common architectural style. 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 terminate in slim piers. The northern approach has splayed parapet walls, as does the western side of the southern approach. These walls are made of small limestone blocks topped with flat coping stones, set upon a moulded string course. The deck of the bridge supports a metalled track.
Local climate
Near Fairbank Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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