Accommodation Bridge Over Sunken Horse Path 100 Yds East-South-East of West Portal of Hincaster Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 1978. Accommodation bridge.

Accommodation Bridge Over Sunken Horse Path 100 Yds East-South-East of West Portal of Hincaster Tunnel

WRENN ID
dreaming-transept-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 August 1978
Type
Accommodation bridge
Address
Accommodation Bridge Over Sunken Horse Path 100 Yds East-South-East of West Portal of Hincaster Tunnel, Well Heads Lane
OS grid reference
SD 510 850
Coordinates
54.25887, -2.75335
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This accommodation bridge, built in 1817, is located 100 yards east-south-east of the west portal of Hincaster Tunnel. It is constructed from roughly squared and coursed limestone and features a horseshoe-shaped opening with roughly cut voussoirs. The bridge has ramped parapets.

Local climate

Accommodation Bridge Over Sunken Horse Path 100 Yds East-South-East of West Portal of Hincaster Tunnel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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