Priest Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1989. Bridge.

Priest Bridge

WRENN ID
sacred-footing-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 February 1989
Type
Bridge
Address
Priest Bridge, Lower Allithwaite
OS grid reference
SD 368 771
Coordinates
54.18664, -2.96987
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Priest Bridge is a bridge located in Lower Allithwaite, dating from the 17th or 18th century, with widening that occurred in the 1780s and 20th-century parapets. It is constructed of stone rubble featuring dressed voussoirs and has a segmental stone arch. The bridge has coped parapets, with the southeast side being corbelled out to the left and recessed to the right to align with the road.

Local climate

Priest Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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