Bridge House, Opposite Ford Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Bridge House, Opposite Ford Bridge
- WRENN ID
- spare-doorway-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bridge House, Opposite Ford Bridge, Brough, CA17 4EN
- OS grid reference
- NY 793 141
- Coordinates
- 54.52211, -2.31983
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bridge House, located opposite Ford Bridge, is a house built in the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed, squared rubble and features rusticated quoins. The roof is made of graduated stone flags and has stone chimneys at both ends. The building is symmetrical, with two storeys and three bays. The central entrance has a glazed door set in a stone surround, which includes moulded impost blocks and a projecting keystone above a semicircular head. There is a single sash window on either side of the door on both floors, with a narrower sash window located above the door. All windows are fitted with glazing bars and are set within stone surrounds. The buildings adjoining either end of Bridge House are not included in this listing.
Local climate
Bridge House, Opposite Ford Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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