Monks' Bridge Over the River Lyvennet is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. Road bridge. 4 related planning applications.

Monks' Bridge Over the River Lyvennet

WRENN ID
gilded-tower-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 1968
Type
Road bridge
Address
Monks' Bridge Over the River Lyvennet, Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland and Furness, CA6 4SJ
OS grid reference
NY 622 149
Coordinates
54.52803, -2.58503
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Monks' Bridge crosses the River Lyvennet. It is a road bridge, likely dating to the 17th century, although first mentioned in 1702. Local tradition associates it with a grange belonging to Whitby Abbey. The bridge is constructed of coursed, squared rubble, featuring two segmental arches, each approximately 18 feet in span, with a central cutwater. The original roadway was about 8 feet wide and has been widened, as evidenced in the underside of the structure. Low stone parapets line the roadway and are topped with tubular railings of no particular interest.

Local climate

Monks' Bridge Over the River Lyvennet 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 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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