Devils Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1983. A C15 or early C16 Bridge.

Devils Bridge

WRENN ID: sleeping-pilaster-smoke
Grade: I
Local Planning Authority: Yorkshire Dales National Park
Country: England
Date first listed: 22 March 1983
Type: Bridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

The asset was previously listed twice also under List entry 1138104. This entry was removed from the List on 18 January 2017.

SD 67 NW 19/36 22.3.83

CASTERTON BRIDGE ROW (Kirkby Lonsdale CP)

Devil's Bridge

(Formerly listed as: Devil's Bridge (that part in Casterton CP))

Bridge. C15 or early C16. Ashlar and dressed stone. 3 triple-chamfered segmental arches, that to east end smaller; 4 ribs to soffits. Piers have triangular cutwaters to each side, rising to canted refuges; canted abutments. String course with some waterspouts and coped parapet. Roadway approx. 4m across. On north side of south parapet an inscription: "CASTERTON KIRK BY LONSDALE" with arrows. At south side of east end a sundial; a square block on octagonal shaft with 4 fillets, top has roll moulding and octagonal recess. Lettering to front apparently reads: "N : CONSTABL C : LONSDALE WAR"; "FEARE GOD HONER THE : 1673". Carried the Kendal to Skipton road until replaced by Stanley Bridge, 150m to south, in 1930s. One of the finest medieval bridges in England. See RCHM Westmorland. Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: SD 61555 78235

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