Cowgill Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1954. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.

Cowgill Bridge

WRENN ID
wild-flagstone-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1954
Type
Bridge
Address
Cowgill Bridge, Dent, Westmorland and Furness, LA9 4RQ
OS grid reference
SD 756 869
Coordinates
54.27749, -2.37578
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cowgill Bridge is a public road bridge over the River Dee, dated 1702 on the north parapet. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble and features low-pitched parapet copings. The bridge has a low segmental arch made of rubble voussoirs and arch-bands, with the parapets splaying outwards at the west end. The north parapet includes a square datestone inscribed: "THIS / BRIDG REPER / ED. AT THE / CHARGE OF THE / WEST RIDING / A.D.1702".

Local climate

Cowgill Bridge 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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