Armathwaite Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. Bridge.
Armathwaite Bridge
- WRENN ID
- woven-granite-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1984
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Armathwaite Bridge, Hesket
- OS grid reference
- NY 507 460
- Coordinates
- 54.80673, -2.76817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Armathwaite Bridge is a road bridge originally built in the 18th century. It features an inscription on the central parapet stone that reads "CUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL/ARMATHWAITE BRIDGE/WIDENED & REBUILT 1907 & 1908/FREDERICK PONSONBY JOHNSON ESQ C.C. HIGH SHERRIFF, D.L./CHAIRMAN OF THE HIGHWAYS & BRIDGE COMMITTEE." The bridge is constructed from hammer dressed red sandstone and has three round arches supported by two splayed cut-waters. The joints under the arches indicate that the bridge was built in two sections.
Local climate
Armathwaite Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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