Bens Bridge (East Paradise) is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Bridge.
Bens Bridge (East Paradise)
- WRENN ID
- other-pewter-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1984
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bens Bridge (East Paradise), Hawes Road, Garsdale, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 751 897
- Coordinates
- 54.30258, -2.38293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ben's Bridge, located over the Clough River, is a packhorse bridge that likely dates back to the 17th century and was rebuilt after a flood in 1895. It is constructed from large snecked sandstone rubble. The bridge features a wide segmental arch made with rubble voussoirs, a stone slate band, and a narrow humped deck that is protected by parapets with triangular coping stones. At the time of the survey in October 1994, the soffit of the arch was reported to be cracked.
Local climate
Bens Bridge (East Paradise) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 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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