Bridge Over Mill Beck and Attached Gateway at Abbey Vale is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1993. Bridge, gateway.

Bridge Over Mill Beck and Attached Gateway at Abbey Vale

WRENN ID
buried-span-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1993
Type
Bridge, gateway
Address
Bridge Over Mill Beck and Attached Gateway at Abbey Vale, Abbey Approach
OS grid reference
SD 218 719
Coordinates
54.13766, -3.1976
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bridge over Mill Beck and the attached gateway at Abbey Vale were built around 1873, with the bridge likely dating from the earlier 19th century. The structure is made of red sandstone rubble and features wrought-iron gates. The bridge has a single-span round arch made of dressed voussoirs, and the parapet walls splay out and end in simple piers, except where it connects to the embankment wall of Abbey Vale. The copings are chamfered ashlar. The gateway consists of double gates that span the bridge carriageway, featuring spiked dog bars, cross bracing, and curved top rails with barbed finials. The iron posts have matching finials, and the radial side panels extend over the bridge parapet. This structure is included for its group value.

Local climate

Bridge Over Mill Beck and Attached Gateway at Abbey Vale 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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