Bowston Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1962. A C17 Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Bowston Bridge
- WRENN ID
- sombre-jamb-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1962
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bowston Bridge, Strickland Ketel
- OS grid reference
- SD 498 966
- Coordinates
- 54.36253, -2.77298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bowston Bridge is a bridge, probably from the 17th century, that was later widened on the north side. It is constructed of roughly coursed rubble featuring protruding through stones, stone copings, and voussoirs. The bridge has two arches with a central pier and cutwaters on both the upstream and downstream sides. It also has landscape value.
Local climate
Bowston Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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