Railway Footbridge at Kirkby in Furness Station is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. Footbridge.
Railway Footbridge at Kirkby in Furness Station
- WRENN ID
- haunted-entrance-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 1990
- Type
- Footbridge
- Address
- Railway Footbridge at Kirkby in Furness Station, Kirkby Ireleth
- OS grid reference
- SD 226 825
- Coordinates
- 54.23255, -3.18757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railway footbridge at Kirkby-in-Furness station is a structure from the mid to late 19th century, built for the Furness Railway. It is made of cast and wrought iron and is designed to be canted over the railway line, with landings and steps on each side. The steps feature ornate balusters and newels, while the landings are supported by Tuscan columns. Both the landings and the bridge are adorned with lattice-work parapets and topped with ball finials.
Local climate
Railway Footbridge at Kirkby in Furness Station sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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