Bannisdale High Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1989. Bridge.
Bannisdale High Bridge
- WRENN ID
- eastward-sandstone-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1989
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bannisdale High Bridge, Selside and Fawcett Forest, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 541 011
- Coordinates
- 54.40387, -2.70852
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bannisdale High Bridge is a bridge over Bannisdale Beck, likely built in the 18th century, with a widening to the east that dates from the late 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with dressed coping and features a segmental arch. The voussoirs on the west side vary in length, with some outer voussoirs at the shoulders. The bridge has plain parapets and a roadway that is 8 meters wide. It originally served as part of the turnpike road from Heron Syke to Eamont Bridge until the 1820s, when it was replaced by Bannisdale Low Bridge on a new route.
Local climate
Bannisdale High Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 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, 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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