Footbridge Over Thorn Gill (At Ngr 777794) is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1988. Footbridge.
Footbridge Over Thorn Gill (At Ngr 777794)
- WRENN ID
- sacred-column-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1988
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Footbridge Over Thorn Gill (At Ngr 777794), Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SD 777 794
- Coordinates
- 54.21007, -2.34268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The footbridge over Thorn Gill is a narrow packhorse type bridge, likely dating from the 16th or 17th century. It is constructed from limestone rubble and millstone grit, featuring early 20th century iron ties. The bridge has a single span round arch resting on limestone bedrock.
Local climate
Footbridge Over Thorn Gill (At Ngr 777794) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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