Roadbridge Over Potts Beck at Water Houses is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Roadbridge.

Roadbridge Over Potts Beck at Water Houses

WRENN ID
still-pavement-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 April 1984
Type
Roadbridge
Address
Roadbridge Over Potts Beck at Water Houses, Asby, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
NY 712 109
Coordinates
54.49264, -2.44497
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The roadbridge over Potts Beck at Water Houses, dated 1875, is a Grade II listed structure that incorporates a parish boundary stone. It features a single span with a segmental arch. The bridge is constructed from squared, snecked rubble, with roughly-dressed blocks used for the parapet. On the inner north wall, the stone displays the word "PARISH" in Gothic lettering, along with a split date and "ASBY-SOULBY" in Roman lettering below.

Local climate

Roadbridge Over Potts Beck at Water Houses sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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