Gelt Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
Gelt Bridge
- WRENN ID
- endless-chalk-oak
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Gelt Bridge, Hayton, CA8 9JJ
- OS grid reference
- NY 532 573
- Coordinates
- 54.90844, -2.73073
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gelt Bridge is a railway bridge over the River Gelt, built between 1832 and 1835 for the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. It features an inscription on a panel in the abutment arch that reads "GELT BRIDGE/FRANCIS GILES CIVIL ENGINEER/JOHN MCKAY BUILDER," with the dates presented in Roman numerals. There is a similar Latin inscription on the opposite abutment. The bridge is constructed from channelled rusticated red sandstone ashlar, with smooth voussoirs that have V-joints and an iron railing parapet. It has three large skew arches supported by two piers, making it one of the earliest and largest skew arched bridges in the country.
Local climate
Gelt Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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