Rowsley Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1950. A C15 Bridge.
Rowsley Bridge
- WRENN ID
- cold-attic-fern
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1950
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- SK 256 658
- Coordinates
- 53.18953, -1.61726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rowsley Bridge, which dates back to the 15th century, was widened in the 1920s. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar, with a modern road surface laid on granite setts. The bridge spans the River Derwent and is oriented roughly north to south.
It is a multi-span bridge featuring five arches. The east side remains largely unaltered, showcasing wide, stepped pointed arches that are separated by triangular cutwaters with stepped sloping tops. The straight parapet has triangular coping stones. The west side mirrors the general form of the east side but features segmental arches, and its parapet has flat coping stones. An inscription on the parapet wall reads, ‘ROWSLEY BRIDGE / WIDENED 1925-6 / J W HORTON, M INST CE / COUNTY SURVEYOR / C F TOMLINSON / CONTRACTOR’.
Local climate
Rowsley Bridge receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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