Pack Horse Bridge Over Stainton Beck is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1952. Bridge.

Pack Horse Bridge Over Stainton Beck

WRENN ID
low-entrance-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 November 1952
Type
Bridge
Address
Pack Horse Bridge Over Stainton Beck, South Lakeland
OS grid reference
SD 523 859
Coordinates
54.26656, -2.73271
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pack Horse Bridge over Stainton Beck is a bridge located in Stainton Village, likely dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble and features roughly cut parapets and voussoirs. The bridge has a single segmental arch, with low parapets that rise to a peak at the center. The width between the parapets is approximately 3 feet.

Local climate

Pack Horse Bridge Over Stainton Beck sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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