Milnthorpe Bridge Over River Bela is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1962. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Milnthorpe Bridge Over River Bela

WRENN ID
wild-panel-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 February 1962
Type
Bridge
Address
Milnthorpe Bridge Over River Bela, B5282, LA7 7AF
OS grid reference
SD 489 813
Coordinates
54.2251, -2.78499
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milnthorpe Bridge over the River Bela is a bridge built in 1813 to carry the new Turnpike road from Milnthorpe over the river. The bridge is constructed from squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings. It features a single segmental arch that is flanked by pilasters, and it has sloping parapets with a string course at carriageway level and pilasters at each end. The bridge also has landscape value. For further information and a map of the routes of both the old and new roads, refer to J. F. Curwen's "History of Heversham with Milnthorpe," published by Titus Wilson in 1930, page 74, and "Records of Kendal Volume III," published by Titus Wilson in 1926, page 228.

Local climate

Milnthorpe Bridge Over River Bela sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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