Sheepwash Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1967. A C18 Bridge.
Sheepwash Bridge
- WRENN ID
- vacant-sill-ivy
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1967
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Sheepwash Bridge, Fennel Street, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 194 696
- Coordinates
- 53.22322, -1.71042
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sheepwash Bridge is an 18th-century bridge constructed of coursed limestone rubble. It features three shallow segmental arches with rubble voussoirs and dripmoulds above each arch. There are two cutwaters on either side of the bridge, positioned between the arches, which rise into V-shaped recesses in the parapet walls above. The bridge has rubble copings, and the walls on either side and at each end splay outwards. On the south bank to the east, the side wall curves to form a pen with an opening towards the river for sheep dipping. The bridge is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Sheepwash Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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