Ruleholme Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. Road bridge.
Ruleholme Bridge
- WRENN ID
- solitary-brass-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1984
- Type
- Road bridge
- Address
- Ruleholme Bridge, Irthington
- OS grid reference
- NY 493 601
- Coordinates
- 54.93367, -2.79263
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ruleholme Bridge is a road bridge over the River Irthing, part of the Military Road from Newcastle to Carlisle. An inscription on the central internal splay parapet states, "This Bridge was built at the charge of the Government, Begun in 1753, Undertakers Wm. Lowden" (the rest of the inscription is covered by the road surface). The bridge is constructed of dressed red sandstone and features three arches with splayed cut-waters, one located in the river bed and the other on the river bank. The rounded arches are reinforced with 20th-century brick, and the cut-water extends upwards to form a splayed parapet. The bridge was by-passed in the 1970s.
Local climate
Ruleholme Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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