Blencow Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. A C19 Road bridge.

Blencow Bridge

WRENN ID
rough-transept-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1986
Type
Road bridge
Address
Blencow Bridge, Dacre
OS grid reference
NY 453 327
Coordinates
54.68667, -2.84889
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blencow Bridge is an early 19th-century road bridge constructed of dressed red sandstone. It features two segmental arches with recessed voussoirs, supported by central splayed cutwaters. The bridge has a solid chamfered parapet that includes central pedestrian refuges and terminates in square piers topped with shaped caps. There is a central inscription that reads "D.P.C." (Dacre Parish Council). This bridge is located partly within the Greystoke civil parish.

Local climate

Blencow Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 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 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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