Devils Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. A C17 or C18 Bridge.

Devils Bridge

WRENN ID
north-bailey-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1970
Type
Bridge
Address
Devils Bridge, Pennington
OS grid reference
SD 256 795
Coordinates
54.20664, -3.14111
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Devils Bridge is a packhorse bridge located on the north-west side of the road in Pennington. It dates from the 17th or 18th century and is constructed of stone rubble. The bridge features a segmental arch made with thin voussoirs of varying lengths and has a low parapet made of upright stones. It is 2 meters wide.

Local climate

Devils Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,650 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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