Cragg 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.
Cragg Bridge
- WRENN ID
- grim-lead-lichen
- 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
- Cragg Bridge, Nether Staveley, Cumbria, Westmorland and Furness, LA8 9JA
- OS grid reference
- SD 482 969
- Coordinates
- 54.36527, -2.7984
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cragg 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 designed by Joseph Locke for the railway, all sharing a similar style. The elliptical arch consists of alternating voussoirs that extend to the underside and rest on an impost band. The arch is flanked by slightly projecting piers that continue down into the abutment structure. Curving, coped wing walls are attached to the bridge, ending in low pillars with caps. The parapet walls sit on a moulded string course and are made of small, squared limestone blocks topped with flat coping stones. Pattress plates can be seen just below the string course, and the arch soffit has an applied render. The bridge deck supports a metalled road.
Local climate
Cragg 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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